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Olympics a family affair for Korean golfer

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Korean golfer An Byeong-Hun watches on the third day of the PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf Club in Surrey on May 23, 2015 (AFP Photo/Glyn Kirk)

Next summer's Olympics promise to be a family affair for South Korean golfer An Byeong-Hun when the sport tees off in Rio de Janeiro after a 112-year absence.

The 23-year-old from Seoul is the son of Olympic table tennis medallists and is dreaming of adding gold to the silver and bronze medals already won by his mother and father.

"I wouldn't be here if there wasn't an Olympics," An joked on Wednesday as he recounted the story of how romance blossomed between his parents during the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul.