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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 event, which was held at Toyohashi Gymnasium in Toyohashi. This is South Korea's first taekwondo gold at the ongoing competition.

The event took place on Saturday, and according to Yonhap News, it was one of six gold medals won by South Korea on that day. Other notable wins included Lee Woo-seok in the men's individual recurve archery event and Choi Ji-un, a 15-year-old sailor, in the boys' dingy title.

Song's victory was a significant one, as it marked South Korea's first taekwondo gold at the 2026 Asian Games. The final was held at Toyohashi Gymnasium, which is located about 85 kilometers southeast of Nagoya.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Korea Times, The Korea Times, Yonhap News — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

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