Sports
The martial art taekwondo originated in Korea. In the 1950s and 60s, modern rules were standardised, and Taekwondo became an official Olympic sport in 2000. Other Korean martial arts include taekkyeon, hapkido,tang soo do, kuk sool won, kumdo and subak.
Baseball was first introduced to Korea in 1905 and has since become the most popular spectator sport in South Korea.[131] The first South Korean professional sports league was the Korea Baseball Organization, established in 1982. South Korea finished third during the 2006 World Baseball Classic and second during the2009 World Baseball Classic. In the 2008 Olympics held in Beijing, South Korea won the gold medal in baseball.
In 1988, South Korea hosted the Summer Olympics in Seoul, coming fourth with 12 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 11 bronze medals. South Korea regularly performs well in archery, shooting, table tennis, badminton, short track speed skating, handball,hockey, freestyle wrestling, baseball, judo, taekwondo, and weightlifting. South Korea also hosted the Asian Games in 1986 (Seoul) and 2002 (Busan), and will host again in 2014 (Incheon). It also hosted the Asian Winter Games in 1999, the Winter Universiade in 1997 and the Summer Universiade in 2003.
In the 2002 FIFA World Cup, jointly hosted by South Korea and Japan, the national football team became the first team in the Asian Football Confederation to reach the semi-finals.
In 2010, South Korea will host their first Formula One race to be staged at the Korean International Circuit inYeongam, about 400 kilometres (250 mi) south of Seoul. In 2011, the South Korean city of Daegu will host the2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics.
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