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[ASIAN GAMES] S. Korea wins gold in men's team rapid fire pistol shooting

South Korea won the gold medal in the men's team 25-meter rapid fire pistol event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Thursday. The South Korean trio of Yoon Seo-yeong, Song Jong-ho and Lee Gun-hyeok finished first with 1,749 points in the event's final at Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota, some 25 kilometers east of Nagoya, the main host city. China took silver with 1,740…

[ASIAN GAMES] S. Korea wins gold in men's team rapid fire pistol shooting

The South Korean men's team secured a gold medal in the 25-meter rapid fire pistol event during the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Yoon Seo-yeong, Song Jong-ho, and Lee Gun-hyeok clinched the top spot with a combined score of 1,749 points, surpassing China's trio with 1,740 points and Indonesia's team with 1,720 points. This marks South Korea's first gold medal in this event since the 2014 Asian Games, with Song repeating his gold-winning performance 12 years later.

The competition involves competitors firing five shots at five separate targets within a specific time limit, with the team's cumulative score determining the final rankings.

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