This year for the first time in our lives we watched the Winter Olympics not just as Americans — but as people living in South Korea, cheering for both flags at once.

Every year we sit at home and watch the Olympics on our TV’s and cheer on the American athletes. We enjoy the opening ceremonies and don’t really spend too much time focused on the other countries. Well let me tell you this year, my eyes will be focused elsewhere…

This year, Korea is sending 45 contenders to the Olympics. and it seems, if I was worldly enough to know this, but at the 2006 Olympics Korea was ranked number 7 with 11 total medals, 6 being gold. The Korean Olympic Committee has set a goal of finishing in the top-10 in gold medals with a target of six. The total Korean Delagacy of Althletes, Coaches and Officials is 82, the largest they have ever had. So, like I said, Watch out Vancouver…SOK is marching into town.

Korea’s 2010 Olympians

Skating

Long-Track Speed Skating:
Male: Lee Kyou-hyuk, Lee Kang-seok, Mo Tae-bum, Mun Joon, Lee Ki-ho, Lee Seung-hoon, Lee Jong-woo, Ha Hong-sun.
Female: Lee Sang-hwa, Lee Bo-ra, Oh Min-ji, Ahn Jee-min, Lee Ju-youn, Noh Seon-yeong, Park Do-young, Kim You-lim

Short-Track
Male: Lee Ho-suk, Sung Si-bak, Lee Jung-soo, Kim Seoung-il, Kwak, Yoon-gy
Female: Cho Ha-ri, Park Seung-hi, Lee Eun-byul, Choi Jung-won, Kim Min-jung
Figure Skating: Kim Yu-na, Kwak Min-jung

Ski
Alpine: Male: Jung Dong-hyun, Kim Woo-sung
Female: Kim Sun-joo

Cross Country
Male: Lee Jun-gil
Female: Lee Chae-won

Ski Jump
Male: Choi Heung-chul, Kim Hyun-ki, Choi Yong-jik

Snowboard:
Male: Kim Ho-jun

Freestyle
Female: Seo Jung-hwa

Biathlon
Male: Lee In-bok
Female: Mun Ji-hee

Sliding:
Bobsleigh: Kang Kwang-bae, Kim Jung-su, Lee Jin-hee, Kim Dong-hyun

Skeleton:
Cho In-ho

🇰🇷 Go Korea at Vancouver 2010 — great time capsule post! Here we go:

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🏷️ New Title:

Team Korea at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics — The Full Roster and Why We Were All In

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✏️ One Line Intro — Add at the Very Top:

This year for the first time in our lives we watched the Winter Olympics not just as Americans — but as people living in South Korea, cheering for both flags at once.

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❓ 5 Q&As — Add at the Bottom:

Q: How did South Korea perform at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics? A: South Korea sent its largest ever Olympic delegation to Vancouver — 82 athletes, coaches and officials including 45 competing athletes. The Korean Olympic Committee set a target of six gold medals and a top ten finish in the gold medal standings. Coming off an impressive 11 medal haul including 6 golds at the 2006 Turin Games Korea was widely considered one of the most competitive winter sports nations in the world.

Q: Who were South Korea’s best athletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics? A: Kim Yu-Na was the undisputed star — the reigning World Champion figure skater and overwhelming gold medal favorite whose performance in Vancouver became one of the most celebrated in Olympic history. The short track speed skating team was equally formidable with athletes like Lee Ho-suk and Kim Min-jung among the medal favorites in their respective events.

Q: What winter sports does South Korea compete in at the Olympics? A: South Korea competes across a surprisingly wide range of winter disciplines including short track and long track speed skating, figure skating, alpine skiing, cross country skiing, ski jumping, snowboard, freestyle skiing, biathlon and sliding events including bobsleigh and skeleton. Short track speed skating remains the country’s dominant discipline where they are consistently the most successful nation in the world.

Q: What is it like watching the Olympics from inside South Korea? A: Electric. The national pride surrounding Korean Olympic athletes — especially in skating events — is unlike anything we had experienced watching sports before. Every television in every restaurant and cafe carries the Games and the collective energy of an entire country cheering together is something you never forget.

Q: How has South Korea’s Olympic program grown over the years? A: South Korea has developed into one of the world’s most consistent Olympic performers across both summer and winter Games. The 2010 Vancouver delegation was the largest the country had ever assembled and reflected decades of investment in elite sport development that has made Korea a genuinely formidable Olympic nation across multiple disciplines.