PARIS, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Paris Paralympics have drawn to a conclusion, with South Korea having surpassed its gold medal target. South Korea finished the 12-day competition that ended Sunday in 22nd place with six gold medals, 10 silver medals and 14 bronze medals. The Korea Paralympic Committee, which sent 177 athletes and [...]
PARIS, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Shooter Park Jin-ho has become South Korea’s first double gold medalist of the Paris Paralympics. Park won the men’s 50-meter rifle 3 positions (SH1 classification) title with the Paralympic record score of 454.6 points at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre in Chateauroux, south of Paris, on Tuesday. Dong Chao of [...]
PARIS, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has picked up its third gold medal of the Paris Paralympics while collecting four other medals in and around the French capital. Jeong Ho-won grabbed the gold medal in the men’s individual boccia (BC3) event by beating Daniel Michel of Australia 5-2 at South Paris Arena 1 [...]