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S. Korea's Song Da-bin wins gold in women's taekwondo

NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea's Song Da-bin won the gold medal in the women's heaviest weight class in taekwondo at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, giving the country the first taekwondo gold at the ongoing competition. Song beat Mu Wenzhe of China 2-1 in the final of the women's +67-kilogram taekwondo at Toyohashi Gymnasium in Toyohashi, some 85 kilometers southeast of Nagoya. It is…

S. Korea's Song Da-bin wins gold in women's taekwondo

South Korea's Song Da-bin has won the gold medal in the women's heaviest weight class in taekwondo at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. She defeated Mu Wenzhe of China 2-1 in the final of the women's +67-kilogram taekwondo at Toyohashi Gymnasium. This is South Korea's first taekwondo gold at the ongoing competition, according to The Korea Times.

The final took place on Saturday at the Toyohashi Gymnasium, which is located about 85 kilometers southeast of Nagoya.

The Korea Times reported that Song's win gave her country their first taekwondo gold at the Games.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Korea Times, Yonhap News — 2 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

Also reported by 2 other outlets

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