[ASIAN GAMES] S. Korea loses to Japan in men's handball bronze medal game
NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea fell just short of a men's handball medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in central Japan on Tuesday, losing to Japan by a handful of goals in the bronze medal contest. South Korea failed to overcome a first-half deficit and suffered a 37-32 defeat at Entrio in Inazawa, just northwest of the main host city Nagoya, with third place on the line. South Korea has now…
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NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea narrowly missed securing a men's handball medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in central Japan on Tuesday, suffering a 37-32 loss to Japan in the bronze medal match. The Koreans struggled to overcome a first-half deficit and fell short of the podium for the first time since the handball event was introduced to the competition in 1982.
Prior to this, South Korea had finished tied for fifth place at the 2023 Asiad. The nation's last gold medal was won in 2010, under head coach Cho Young-shin, who returned for the Games this year with the aim of lifting South Korea to a podium finish. However, their hopes were dashed twice in one day, beginning with a 32-20 defeat to Qatar in the semifinals on Monday, followed by another loss to Japan in the bronze medal game.
South Korea fell behind by eight goals just ten minutes into the first half, and despite cutting the deficit to three goals early in the second half, they could not mount a comeback.
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