{
  "id": 10622851,
  "title": "[Asian Games] Lee So-hee, Baek Hana win women's doubles gold in badminton",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/asian-games-lee-so-hee-baek-hana-win-womens-doubles-gold-in-badminton-10622851",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-09-29T06:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260929/asian-games-lee-so-hee-baek-hana-win-womens-doubles-gold-in-badminton"
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  "account": "In a historic moment at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, South Korea's Lee So-hee and Baek Hana secured their first gold medal in women's doubles badminton, ending a 24-year title drought for their country. The duo, ranked second in the world, defeated the top-ranked Chinese team of Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning with a score of 2-1 (26-28, 21-18, 21-18) at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium. This victory marked the first time a South Korean women's doubles pair reached the top of the Asiad podium since Ra Kyung-min and Lee Kyung-won in 2002. Their previous silver medal at the 2023 Asiad followed a loss to Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan of China. The Korean pair had previously defeated another Chinese team on Tuesday, marking their first gold medal in the tournament.",
  "summary": "ICHINOMIYA, Japan — Lee So-hee and Baek Hana teamed up for their first Asian Games gold medal in the women's doubles in badminton Tuesday, ending South Korea's 24-year title drought in the process. Lee and Baek, world No. 2, took down the top-ranked team from China, Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning, by the score of 2-1 (26-28, 21-18, 21-18) at Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium in Ichinomiya, just…",
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