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South Korea’s Gold Medal Loophole Is Collapsing. The Athletes Lit the Match.
1 On October 3, 2026, South Korea beat Japan 1-0 in the men’s football final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. In the mixed zone afterward, forward Yang Min-hyeok said: “The medal and the trophy don’t matter. Our only gain is exemption from military service.” Captain Lee Ki-hyuk, due to enlist in a few days, waved his gold medal and said: “Now I don’t have to go to the army.” Park Seung-soo, a 19-year-old forward, posted a photo that night wearing a discharge commemorative cap.
By Jin12 minutes ago in Unbalanced
The 2036 Olympics Race: Qatar Leads, India Excites, and Germany Has a 100-Year Problem
Kirsty Coventry’s first host race: who leads the 2036 Olympic bid Seven countries are in Continuous Dialogue with the International Olympic Committee for the 2036 Summer Games: Germany, Hungary, India, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, South Africa and Türkiye. The final vote will take place at an IOC Session in mid-2029. This is the first full Summer Games host race under the “Fit for the Future” reforms endorsed by the 146th IOC Session in Lausanne in June 2026.
By Jin12 minutes ago in Unbalanced
He was 39. His opponent had just won two Slams. Then Djokovic found the 10th game.
Beijing, October. Diamond Court. Just after seven. The stands were full. A quarterfinal should not feel like this. At one end: Novak Djokovic, 39, 24 majors, first-round losses in Cincinnati and at the US Open this year.
By Jin3 days ago in Unbalanced
A Sprinter Won Two Golds. A Swimmer Won Seven. The MVP Went to the Sprinter.
One day before the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games closed, Thai outlet siamsport reported that 20-year-old sprinter Boonson had won men's MVP and $25,000. The Olympic Council of Asia had not announced it yet. The ceremony was set for October 4.
By Jin4 days ago in Unbalanced
When Did She Stop Trusting Her Shot?
I don’t know about you, but I’m glad it’s over. If Caitlin Clark is Charlie Brown, and the basketball is the football, then Lucy is the WNBA. You know the bit. She holds it. He runs. She pulls it away. He ends up on his back, staring at the sky, wondering what he did wrong this time.
By Mark Elliott 4 days ago in Unbalanced
John Jay Plays with Full Deck in Victory Over Fox Lane
On Tuesday September 8, John Jay traveled to Fox Lane, and at 20-20, Evangeline Santos served three aces to propel the home team to a 25-20 set one victory. But the next three games had the Wolves making sure there was plenty of separation at the outset of each.
By Rich Monetti6 days ago in Unbalanced
The Letter Her Coach Never Gave Her
In July 2021, ten days before the Tokyo Olympics opened, Zhang Jiaqi was at a training base in Beijing. She had just finished an afternoon of dry-land training. Her hair was still wet. Coach Ren Shaofen walked over with an envelope, glanced at it, and placed it in her drawer. The envelope had Zhang Jiaqi’s name on it. The sender was her mother. Until the Olympics ended, that envelope was never opened.
By Jin8 days ago in Unbalanced
Why Fighters Never Beat Themselves With Whips, Jian, and Hammers
In the documentary, the director said that when they went to Shaolin Temple to shoot, the temple was desolate. Only two monks lived there. Many of the training methods in the film, such as hanging upside down like a golden bell, two-finger Zen, and iron head skill, were invented by the crew. Later Shaolin Temple prospered. Tourists came. The warrior monk troupe came. Performance programs came. The silver-screen spectacles were absorbed into a brand, into a persona, into something visitors had to capture on their phones.
By Jin8 days ago in Unbalanced
Lin Shidong Won Three Golds. He Still Isn’t China’s No. 1.
Lin Shidong Won Three Golds. He Still Isn’t China’s No. 1. In the men’s singles final at the Nagoya Asian Games, Lin Shidong swept Wang Chuqin 4-0, finishing with three golds and one silver. At 21, he reached the final in all four events. He was the best player in the table tennis competition. The gold made his place on the team more secure. It did not settle whether he should be called China’s No. 1 men’s player.
By Jin8 days ago in Unbalanced
The Asian Games Hands Out 41 Swimming Golds. Here’s Why That’s Not Cheating.
At the Nagoya Asian Games swimming venue, the scoreboard lists 41 gold medals. China takes 30. Japan takes 7. South Korea takes 1. Hong Kong, China and Chinese Taipei split the rest. Thirty-seven delegations enter 409 swimmers. Only China, Japan, and South Korea can fill all 41 events. One sport carries a quarter of the Games’ golds. The reason is not a secret.
By Jin8 days ago in Unbalanced
Kevin Durant Is Still a Great Scorer. That Was Never the Whole Job.
This season, the Rockets put Durant back into a familiar script. He played almost every regular-season game. At thirty-six, with a ruptured Achilles and years of knee and ankle injuries behind him, he played eighty-one games and averaged thirty-seven minutes. Udoka could not rest him. Houston’s offense stalled without him. Şengün needed Durant’s gravity on the weak side. Green needed Durant’s spacing at the top. VanVleet needed Durant as the last option in the pick-and-roll. Durant started on time, scored, got back on defense, and posted up again.
By Jin8 days ago in Unbalanced
Wang Chuqin Doesn’t Know Why He’s Tired. That’s the Most Honest Thing a Champion Can Say.
When the lights came down in Nagoya, Wang Chuqin did not go for that ball. Lin Shidong’s final smash landed on his backhand side, at a wide angle. He moved one step, then stopped. The ball hit the barrier behind him, bounced once, and rolled onto the floor. 0-4.
By Jin9 days ago in Unbalanced
