Judo Olympic medalists go for 1st Asian Games titles; taekwondo competition to begin

Two judo Olympic medalists, Lee Joon-hwan and Huh Mimi, aim to secure their first Asian Games gold medals on Thursday. Lee, the 2024 Olympic bronze medalist in the men's 81kg category, will be competing for his second Asian Games title, having previously taken silver in 2023. Huh Mimi, a Japanese native and descendant of a Korean independence fighter, will be making her Asian Games debut in the women's 57kg category, where she previously won silver at the same Olympics.

Meanwhile, the taekwondo competition will commence on Thursday with poomsae, a non-contact pattern demonstration discipline of traditional Korean martial arts. Yun Kyu-sung is seen as a strong contender in the men's individual poomsae event at Toyohashi Gymnasium. The men's field hockey team will face Malaysia in the semifinals at 7 p.m. at Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium in Gifu, north of Nagoya.

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