We're into another week of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
Hi, I'm Kim Hyesung with the latest on the games.
Let's take a look at the day's highlights so far.
The quarterfinals of the women's team pursuit in speed skating just kicked off at 8 pm.
South Korea will face the Netherlands, the winner of the women's team pursuit at the
Sochi Olympics in 2014.
The South Korean women's Curling team is on a hot streak.
In the 8th round robin session Monday morning, South Korea claimed victory against Sweden
by a score of seven to six.
This comes after beating Canada, Switzerland, Great Britain, and China by a big win of 12
to 5 yesterday.
With five wins and one loss, South Korea's women's curling team now stands at the top
of the group, tied with Sweden and Japan.
South Korea will play against team USA tomorrow at 2pm in the 10th round robin session.
The short dance program also took place this morning.
South Korea's ice dance duo Min Yu-ra and Alexander Gamelin scored 61-point-22 points,
ranking 16th out of 24 teams in the short dance.
The duo will perform their free dance under the traditional Korean folk song "Arirang"
tomorrow.
Moving on to speed skating.
South Korean speed skater Lee Sang-hwa secured a silver medal Sunday, becoming the first
Asian speed skater to win a medal in the women's 500 meter event in three straight Olympics.
The two-time Olympic champion clocked in at 37-point-33 seconds, just zero-point-39 seconds
behind Japan's gold medalist ( ) Nao Kodaira.
Though Lee Sang-hwa failed to get her third gold, South Korean fans were cheering for
her, with chants of her name filling the arena.
And that brings us to the medal tally.
Norway tops the list with 9 gold, 9 silver and 8 bronze medals.
Germany trailing behind with a total of 18 medals.
Sweden ranks 6th with four golds and 3 silvers.
The host country, South Korea, is in ninth place with three golds, two from short track
speed skating, and one from men's skeleton
And there's still a lot of exciting action for later tonight.
The men's 500 meter speed skating event is slated for nine pm, where three South Korean
athletes, including former Olympic Champion Mo Tae-bum , will compete.
And the final round for men's team ski jumping is also scheduled for ten thirty.
So don't miss it
That's all I have for now.
Stay tuned to arirang News for the latest updates on the
PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
I'll wrap things up with some of the event schedules for Tuesday.
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