[Asian Games] S. Korea's Jung Ha-eun wins gold in taekwondo poomsae
South Korea's Jung Ha-eun won the gold medal in the women's taekwondo poomsae at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Thursday, giving the country its first taekwondo gold in the ongoing competition. In the women's individual poomsae final at Toyohashi Gymnasium in Toyohashi, some 85 kilometers southeast of Nagoya, Jung won 9.3100 to top the podium. Juliana Mykhail Candelaria of the Philippines…
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South Korean taekwondo practitioner Jung Ha-eun claimed the gold medal in the women's individual poomsae event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Thursday. The competition took place at Toyohashi Gymnasium, located 85 kilometers southeast of Nagoya, Japan. Jung achieved a score of 9.3100 to secure the top position in the final, outperforming her competitors.
Fellow Asian Games athlete Juliana Mykhail Candelaria of the Philippines secured the silver medal with a score of 9.1300, while Thitaree Kaewolanwasu of Thailand earned the bronze medal with 9.0400 points. This victory marks the second gold medal in taekwondo poomsae for South Korea, following Cha Yea-eun's win at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.
Since poomsae became an official Asian Games event in 2018, South Korea has claimed one gold, one bronze, and one silver in the individual competition.
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