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S. Korea's Choi Ji-un wins gold in boy's dinghy sailing at Asian Games

NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea's teenage sailor Choi Ji-un won the gold medal in the boy's dinghy event in sailing at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, becoming the youngest gold medalist in the country's delegation. Choi finished first in the event's final at Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor in Gamagori, some 50 kilometers southeast of the main host city of Nagoya. The 15-year old athlete became…

S. Korea's Choi Ji-un wins gold in boy's dinghy sailing at Asian Games

South Korea's Choi Ji-un, 15, has won the gold medal in the boy's dinghy event in sailing at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. According to The Korea Times, Choi finished first in the event's final at Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor in Gamagori. KBS World Radio reported that Choi earned the lowest 25 net penalty points from competing in 12 races.

Lee Woo-seok of South Korea has also won gold in the men's individual title in recurve archery at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, as reported by The Korea Times and Yonhap News. Lee defeated Junya Nakanishi of Japan by a set score of 6-2 in the men's individual recurve final at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square.

In tennis, Coleman Wong of Hong Kong has won gold, beating Wu Yibing 6-2, 6-4, according to the New Straits Times. Wong is the first man from Hong Kong to win tennis gold and will now compete in the Olympics. Wong is ranked 100 in the world and previously trained at the Rafa Nadal Academy.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Korea Times, The Korea Times, New Straits Times, Yonhap News, KBS World Radio — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

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