{
  "id": 10203968,
  "title": "[Asian Games] Korea wins gold in women's handball, ending 8-year drought",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/asian-games-korea-wins-gold-in-womens-handball-ending-8-year-drought-10203968",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-27T11:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260927/korea-wins-gold-in-womens-handball-at-asian-games-ending-8-year-drought"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Korea secured the women's handball gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, ending an eight-year title drought. The victory came against host nation Japan, who defeated Korea 27-23 in the final round of the competition. Korea finished the tournament with a perfect record of six wins from six matches, surpassing Japan, who had five victories and one loss. The Asian Games women's handball event did not include a knockout stage; all seven teams competed against each other once, and medals were awarded based on their final standings in the round-robin stage. Sunday's gold marked Korea's first Asian Games title in eight years, following their wins in 2014 and 2018, as well as their 2023 silver medal finish. Korea and Japan were the only undefeated teams prior to the final match, which was a rematch of their game at the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023, where Korea won.",
  "summary": "Korea won the women's handball gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, ending an eight-year drought with a victory over host Japan. Korea beat Japan 27-23 in the sixth and final round of the women's handball competition at Entrio in Inazawa, just northwest of Nagoya, Japan. With the win, Korea finished first with six wins from six matches, edging out Japan, which had five wins and one loss.…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/silver-feels-like-gold-as-sulaiman-abdulrahman-wins-uaes-first",
        "published": "2026-09-27T09:20:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "[Asian Games] Korea wins gold in women's handball, ending 8-year drought",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/asian-games-korea-wins-gold-in-womens-handball-ending-8-year-drought",
        "published": "2026-09-27T11:22:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}