{
  "id": 3678025,
  "title": "Olympic boxing medalist to miss Asian Games due to injury",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/olympic-boxing-medalist-to-miss-asian-games-due-to-injury-3678025",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-27T06:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260827/olympic-boxing-medalist-to-miss-asian-games-due-to-injury"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "South Korean boxer Im Ae-ji, the bronze medalist from the 2024 Olympics, will be absent from the upcoming Asian Games due to a knee injury. The Boxing Association of Korea confirmed that she sustained a ligament tear in her left knee while sparring, leading to surgery that will sideline her for the September 19 start of the Asian Games in Japan. Im had been set to compete in the women's 54-kilogram division, a category where she had previously secured bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics, marking her as the first South Korean female boxer to win an Olympic medal. Her previous experiences at the Asian Games in 2018 and 2023 saw her losing her first matches. Im expressed her devastation via social media, hoping her fans would support the rest of the athletes. To replace her, the boxing association announced that Yang Yi-young, the runner-up in the national team trials, will take her spot at the Asian Games.",
  "summary": "The 2024 Olympic boxing bronze medalist Im Ae-ji will miss next month's Asian Games after suffering an injury during training, the sport's national federation said Thursday. An official with the Boxing Association of Korea said Im tore a ligament in her left knee during a recent sparring session and underwent surgery that will keep her out of the Asian Games, which will begin Sept. 19 in Japan.…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Olympic boxing medalist to miss Asian Games due to injury",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/olympic-boxing-medalist-to-miss-asian-games-due-to-injury",
        "published": "2026-08-27T05:05:49.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Olympic boxing medalist to miss Asian Games due to injury",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/olympic-boxing-medalist-to-miss-asian-games-due-to-injury-3676660",
        "published": "2026-08-27T05:52:03.000Z"
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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."
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