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…
South Korean sailor Choi Ji-un has won the gold medal in the boy's dinghy event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. According to The Korea Times, the 15-year-old athlete finished first in the event's final at Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor in Gamagori, becoming the youngest gold medalist in South Korea's delegation.
In a separate event, South Korean golfer Kim Joo-hyung, also known as Tom Kim, won the men's singles gold medal at the Asian Games. This victory earned him an exemption from military service in South Korea. Kim shot a 6-under 64 in the final round to finish with a four-day total of 18-under 262.
Other gold medal winners at the Asian Games include Coleman Wong of Hong Kong, who won the men's tennis singles title, and Wang Xiyu of China, who won the women's final.
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