(Asiad) S. Korea goes goldless for 1st time; silver medals come from shooting, kurash, diving
NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea did not add to its gold medal ta...
NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea experienced its first goldless finish at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Monday, trailing Japan by 20 gold medals. The host nation leads with 132 golds. Chinese athletes secured 132 gold medals. The Korean team earned silver medals in shooting, diving, and kurash on Monday.
Yang Ji-in, Oh Ye-jin, and Bong Seo-rin jointly claimed silver in the women's 25-meter pistol team event. The trio's combined score of 1,735 points fell eight points short of China's total. Yang Ji-in, who led individual qualification, missed her target in the rapid fire stage, resulting in zero points and preventing her from reaching the individual final.
In diving, Kim Yeong-nam secured silver in the men's 1-meter springboard event, preventing China from achieving a seventh consecutive 1-2 finish. Kim's score of 373.30 points placed him second behind Wang Zongyuan of China, who earned 442.75 points. Kim outpaced Liu Chengzan, another Chinese diver, who finished with 361.45 points. China had dominated the 1-meter springboard events since its Asian Games debut in 1990, until Kim's win on Monday.
South Korea's Kim Su-ji added a bronze medal by winning the women's 1-meter springboard event, securing her second medal at the Asiad. The Korean team also earned its first kurash medal of the competition, as Mo Su-min claimed silver in the women's 78-kilogram event. Mo lost to Pokizakhon Kamoldinova of Uzbekistan by a khalol (a full point) in the final. Despite the loss, Mo became the first South Korean woman to win an Asiad medal in kurash, a traditional wrestling sport from Uzbekistan.
The Korean athletes showcased their skills in badminton, with world No. 1 An Se-young advancing to the women's singles final. Lee So-hee and Baek Hana also qualified for the gold medal match in women's doubles. An Se-young now has a chance to become the first shuttler to win consecutive Asiad titles in women's singles. South Korea secured bronze medals in two other badminton events, including the men's doubles semifinals and men's singles semifinals.
South Korea also earned its second sepaktakraw medal with a bronze in the women's doubles, following a loss to Vietnam in the semifinals.
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