[Asian Games] S. Korea wins gold in men's kayak double 500m racing at Asian Games
NAGOYA, Japan— South Korea won the gold medal in the men's kayak double 500-meter race at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, with Cho Gwang-hee and Kim Hyo-bin becoming the first double gold medalists in the South Korean delegation. The South Korean duo finished the race in 1:31.859 in the final of the men's kayak double 500m event at Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course in Miyoshi, just east of the…
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South Korea secured a historic gold medal in the men's kayak double 500m race at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, on Friday. Cho Gwang-hee and Kim Hyo-bin, who also won silver in the same event at the 2018 Hangzhou Asian Games, emerged victorious with a time of 1:31.859, narrowly beating Japan by 0.317 seconds and Iran by 1.010 seconds.
This win marked South Korea's first Asian Games title in the kayak double 500m event in 36 years, and Cho and Kim became the first Korean athletes to win two gold medals at these Asian Games.
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