S. Korea earns silver, bronze in team shooting events
NAGOYA — South Korea won a silver medal and a bronze medal in team shooting events at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, raising its total in the sport to eight. Choo Ga-eun and Hong Su-hyeon won silver in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event with 478 points at Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota, some 25 kilometers east of the main host city of Nagoya. This was Choo's…
NAGOYA — South Korea secured a silver and bronze medal in team shooting events at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, bringing their total to eight in the sport. Choo Ga-eun and Hong Su-hyeon claimed silver in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event, scoring 478 points at the Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota, located 25 kilometers east of Nagoya.
This marked Choo's second medal at the Asiad, with her gold in the women's 10m air pistol individual event on Wednesday, and Hong's first Asian Games medal. South Korea also took bronze in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions team event, finishing 15 points behind China's winner. The three shooters from each team contributed to the team score based on their individual qualifications.
Joung Seung-woo led the South Korean team with 592 points, the second-highest total in the individual qualification, while Park Sung-hyun and Gwon Hyeop-jun scored 580 and 579 points, respectively. Joung is set to compete for an individual medal as the sole South Korean qualifier.
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