Korean golf ace seeking to emulate parents' Olympic feat

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Korean golfer An Byeong-hun is hoping he can win an Olympic medal on the sport's return to the Games and emulate what his parents managed in table tennis. Among those giving the Games a miss — which has placed the sport's future at the quadrennial sporting extravaganza in peril — are the top four in the world, Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy. An, speaking after ensuring he made the cut at the British Open at Royal Troon on Friday as he lies on two under, said he will push to the back of his mind his father Ahn Jae-Hyung and his Chinese mother Jiao Zhimin won men's doubles bronze and women's singles bronze and doubles silver at the 1988 Games in Seoul.

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