(Asiad) S. Korea adds 6 gold medals as men's football team captures 4th straight title
NAGOYA, Japan, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea grabbed six gold medals at the Aic...
In Japan, South Korea secured six gold medals by the end of the Asian Games, marking their fourth consecutive triumph in the football tournament. With archery concluding that day, South Korea could potentially reach 39 gold medals, trailing China's 169 and Japan's 83. Archer Lee Woo-seok became the fifth double gold medalist for South Korea by winning the men's individual recurve event.
Oh Ye-jin claimed silver in the women's individual recurve. The country did not achieve a women's recurve gold for the first time, having earned silver in the team event. Choi Ji-un, a 15-year-old sailor, became South Korea's youngest gold medalist at this Asiad after winning the boys dingy title. Kim Joo-hyung, a PGA Tour player, secured the men's golf gold medal by shooting a six-under 64 in the final round.
South Korea earned its first taekwondo gold in the women's +67-kilogram category when Song Da-bin defeated Mu Wenzhe of China. South Korea had four taekwondo practitioners on Saturday, but Kim Yu-jin (2024 Olympic champion in women's 57kg) was eliminated in the quarterfinals, while Kang Sang-hyun and Mun Jin-ho each won bronze in the men's events.
Seo Chae-hyun secured South Korea's first Asian Games gold medal by winning the women's lead event in climbing.
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