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  "id": 11646028,
  "title": "Thailand’s Banlung wins second straight Asian Games taekwondo gold",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/thailands-banlung-wins-second-straight-asian-games-taekwondo-gold",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-03T08:54:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Khaosod English",
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    "url": "https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2026/10/03/thailands-banlung-wins-second-straight-asian-games-taekwondo-gold/"
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  "summary": "Thailand's Banlung Tubtimdang has won the gold medal in the men's 68kg taekwondo event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. According to Khaosod English, he defeated Iran's Mahdi Hajimousian Afuati 2-0 in the final, winning the first round 6-5 and the second round 3-2. This marks Banlung's second consecutive Asian Games title.\n\nIn the women's taekwondo event, The Korea Times reports that South Korea's Song Da-bin won the gold medal in the women's +67-kilogram category, defeating China's Mu Wenzhe 2-1 in the final.\n\nIn the men's cricket event, India has defended its gold medal, defeating Pakistan by 19 runs. India posted a score of 211-6, with Abhishek Sharma scoring 61 and Tilak Varma scoring 51 not out. Pakistan's Hasan Nawaz scored 96 off 51 balls, but was caught out on the final ball of the match, restricting Pakistan to 192-6.",
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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."
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