[ASIAN GAMES] S. Korea's Jang Se-yun wins silver in women's judo

Nagoya, Japan - Jang Se-yun of South Korea claimed the silver medal in the women's 52-kilogram judo competition at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday. This marked the nation's inaugural judo medal at the Games. Jang's victory came after she was disqualified from the final by hansoku-make, or disqualification, against Uzbekistan's Sita Kadamboeva.

Jang's path to the final was not without challenge, as she faced fierce competition from China's Xu Aoyu and Japan's Kokoro Fujishiro, who both secured bronze medals. Jang had already demonstrated her prowess by winning two ippon (full point) victories in the round-of-16 and quarterfinal matches. However, it was her semifinal bout against Fujishiro that truly defined her journey; Fujishiro had been penalized with a third shido during overtime, leading to Jang's silver medal.

This marked the first time Jang had triumphed over Fujishiro in their four previous encounters. In the climactic final, both competitors endured the full four minutes of regulation time, each receiving two shidos. The match then proceeded to sudden-death overtime, where the tension escalated before Jang received the decisive third shido, ceding the gold to Kadamboeva.

In judo, accumulating three shidos within a single match results in a red card, leading to disqualification.