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S. Korea wins silver in women's team sepaktakraw
NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea won its third consecutive Asian Games silver medal in the women's team regu sepaktakraw event on Friday. South Korea lost to the mighty Thailand 2-0 at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan. It was South Korea's third consecutive loss to Thailand in an Asiad women's team regu final. Thailand ran its women's team regu gold medal-winning streak to five. Regu matches feature three players per team: a striker, feeder and tekong, or server. In the first match, South Korea lost 2-0 (15-13, 15-5) after failing to hold on to a 13-12 lead in the first set. South Korea fell 2-0 (15-7, 15-6) in the next match to hand the gold medal to Thailand. The sepaktakraw competition will continue with the men's regu and women's doubles finals scheduled for Tuesday, and the men's quadrant and the women's quadrant finals for Oct. 3.
'Is he a K-drama lead?': Korean baseball team's handsome interpreter goes viral
The striking looks of an interpreter for Korea’s national baseball team competing at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games became a hot topic on social media. Taiwanese media outlet China Times reported Thursday on the interpreter’s appearance in an article titled, “‘I Thought He Was a Drama Lead’: Who Is the Man Interpreting for Korea at the Asian Games Who Has Become an Internet Sensation?” The report focused on the looks of the interpreter working with the national team led by manager Ryu Ji-hyun. “The baseball game between Taiwan and Korea took place on Sept. 21. While the thrilling game itself drew attention, the Korean team’s interpreter unexpectedly caught viewers’ eyes with his exceptionally handsome looks,” the outlet reported. “Many netizens mistook him for a scene from a Korean drama and took screenshots of the broadcast, asking, ‘Who is that?!’ It turned out that the handsome man was Baek Deok-yeol, a staff member of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO),” it added. According to China Times, Baek appeared on the broadcast during the first Group B game
S. Korea wins gold in men's kayak double 500m racing at Asian Games
NAGOYA, Japan— South Korea won the gold medal in the men's kayak double 500-meter race at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, with Cho Gwang-hee and Kim Hyo-bin becoming the first double gold medalists in the South Korean delegation. The South Korean duo finished the race in 1:31.859 in the final of the men's kayak double 500m event at Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course in Miyoshi, just east of the main host city of Nagoya. South Korea edged out Japan by 0.317 second, with Iran finishing 1.010 seconds behind the champions. It was South Korea's second gold in canoe sprint at the competition following the gold medal in the men's kayak four 500m event the previous day. As a result, Cho and Kim, who also competed in the four-person event, became the first Korean athletes to win two gold medals at these Asian Games, which opened last Saturday. Cho improved to the top step of the podium four years after winning silver in the event at the previous Hangzhou Asian Games with a different teammate. Friday's gold was also South Korea's first Asian Games title in the kayak double 500m event in 36 years, s
[Asian Games] Like father, like daughter
When gymnast Yeo Seo-jeong won the Asian Games vault gold on Thursday, the medal added a second chapter to a family record in Korean gymnastics, putting her alongside her father, Yeo Hong-chul, as two-time Asian Games champions. The 24-year-old reclaimed the Asian Games women’s vault title on Thursday, eight years after winning gold on her debut, returning to the top after injuries disrupted her bid for a second consecutive Olympic medal. The gymnast scored 14.483 points in the final at Nagoya General Gymnasium, finishing ahead of defending champion An Chang-ok of North Korea, who took silver with 13.666. The victory delivered South Korea’s first gymnastics medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. “I'm happy and moved to have won the gold medal eight years later after preparing so hard,” Yeo Seo-jeong said after the final. The gold gave Yeo her second Asian Games vault title, following her triumph at the Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games in 2018 when she was 16. She is the first South Korean woman to win two Asian Games gold medals in artistic gymnastics. For Yeo Seo-jeong, the victory
S. Korea earns silver, bronze in team shooting events
NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea won a silver medal and a bronze medal in team shooting events at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, raising its total in the sport to eight. Choo Ga-eun and Hong Su-hyeon won silver in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event with 478 points at Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota, some 25 kilometers east of the main host city of Nagoya. This was Choo's third medal at this year's Asiad, following her gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol individual event and silver medal in the 10m air pistol team event Wednesday, and Hong's first career Asian Games medal. At the same venue, South Korea took bronze in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions team event with 1,751 points, 15 behind the winner, China. The team medals were determined based on the combined scores of three shooters for each team in their individual qualification. Joung Seung-woo topped South Korea with 592 points, the second-highest total in the individual qualification. Teammates Park Sung-hyun and Gwon Hyeop-jun chipped in 580 points and 579 points, respectively. In the individual
S. Korea wins silver in equestrian's team dressage
TOKYO — South Korea grabbed silver in the team dressage event in equestrian at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, returning to the podium after being shut out of a medal three years ago. The team of Nam Dong-heon, Kim Shi-woo, Lee Myeong-seok and Do Hyun-woo scored 205.265 points at Equestrian Park in Tokyo. China won the gold with 208.148 points, and Japan earned bronze with 204.117. In dressage, the three highest scores of the four riders were added for the team score. Nam posted the top score on the team with 70.559, followed by Lee with 67.971 and Do with 66.735. The riders were judged on their horses' movements, such as circles, transitions and turns, and also their harmony with the riders and responsiveness to the riders' aids. South Korea won every team dressage title from 1998 to 2014, before settling for silver in 2018 and then was kept off the podium in 2023. Equestrian will continue with the dressage individual event Saturday.
Lee Ju-ho grabs silver in men's 200m backstroke swimming
TOKYO — Lee Ju-ho seized silver in the men's 200-meter backstroke swimming at the Asian Games on Friday for his second straight medal in the event. Lee touched the pad in 1:56.58 at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in the Japanese capital on the final day of the swimming competition. The South Korean finished 0.16 second back of the winner, Kodai Nishiono of Japan. Xu Jiayu of China took the bronze in 1:56.73. Lee reached the 50m mark in second place and stayed there the rest of the way. It was Xu leading the way early, but Lee passed him over the final stretch -- though his late push was not enough against Nishiono. This was Lee's third medal in Tokyo, following bronze medals in the men's 100m backstroke and the men's 4x100m medley relay. Lee fell short of his personal best and national record time of 1:55.34. He now has nine Asian Games medals but still no gold. "I did my best in the final, but I was not happy with my time," Lee said. "I did not come here to win silver. I have been working so hard to grab gold in the 200m, and I felt my best time would be good enough here. I think this silver med
S. Korea's Hwang Seo-hyun wins gold in women's balance beam at Asian Games
NAGOYA — South Korea's Hwang Seo-hyun won the gold medal in the women's balance beam event in artistic gymnastics at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, bringing in the country's second title in the sport. Hwang scored 14.700 points in the women's balance beam final, beating Qiu Qiyuan of China, who earned 14.566 points, at Nagoya General Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan. Mana Okamura of Japan won bronze with 14.300 points. The 16-year-old delivered a surprise performance at her Asian Games debut. Hwang, who placed fifth with 13.966 points in the qualification round held Tuesday, staged a dramatic comeback in the final. Qiu, who finished first in the qualification round, had been leading the final with 14.566 points, including a difficulty score of 6.4, while Okamura was in second with 14.300 points. As the seventh performer among eight finalists, Hwang attempted the highest difficulty score of 6.6 and received an execution score of 8.100 to earn 14.700 points, moving ahead of the top two gymnasts. With the eighth and final gymnast, Pak Un-jong of North Korea, scoring 12.700 points,
Cho, Kim surprise gold rush with South Korea's 1st Asiad double
NAGOYA, Japan — Team South Korea had its first two double gold medalists at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, the sixth day since the medal race began. They were not swimmers, shooters or fencers, who are traditionally strong gold medal collectors at the Asian Games. Paddlers Cho Gwang-hee and Kim Hyo-bin became the first multiple gold medalists in the South Korean delegation after finishing first in the men's kayak double (K2) 500-meter event at Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course in Miyoshi, just east of the main host city of Nagoya. They also won the gold medal in the men's kayak four (K4) 500m race the previous day. When the national anthem was played during the medal ceremony after the K2 500m event, Cho and Kim broke down in tears. "The hard times that we had gone through came across my mind, and emotions crowded in on me," Kim said after the ceremony. Kim, 25, won two gold medals at his Asian Games debut. Cho, 32, who has competed at the Asian Games since 2014, said he had never imagined winning two golds in the K2 and K4 events after switching from his main kayak single (K1) 200m eve
Nat'l swimming coach encouraged by progress of young medalists
TOKYO—The head coach of the national swimming team said Friday he has been buoyed by the progress made by his young athletes at the Asian Games in Japan, saying they can be competitive beyond Asia. Kim Hyo-youl spoke with South Korean media after the conclusion of the morning heats at Tokyo Aquatics Centre, with the finals set for the evening. South Korea came into Friday with one gold, five silver and 11 bronze medals in the pool. The country swept up 22 medals, including six gold medals, at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, and will not likely match that total in the Japanese capital. Still, Kim chose to look on the brighter side, noting that some of his youngest athletes all reached the podium. Kim Young-beom, 20, won the men's 50-meter freestyle gold medal as part of his five-medal haul. Park Si-eun, 19, won silver in the women's 200m breaststroke, while another 19-year-old, Kim Jun-woo, won a joint silver medal in the men's 800m freestyle. Kim Seung-won, a 16-year-old high school student, won bronze medals in the women's 50m and 100m backstroke races. "With these swimmers, i
S. Korea wins silver in women's epee team fencing at Asian Games
TOKONAME, Japan — South Korea won the silver medal in the women's epee team fencing at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, failing to defend its Asiad title. The quartet of Song Se-ra, Lim Tae-hee, Yang Seung-hye and Lee Hye-in lost to China 45-28 in the gold medal match at Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, some 35 kilometers south of the main host city of Nagoya, Japan. South Korea won the event at the previous Hangzhou Asian Games but finished runner-up at the 2026 Games. Song, who won the individual epee title on Tuesday, took the silver in the team event. Bronze medals went to Singapore and Kazakhstan. Team fencing events are contested in nine head-to-head bouts. Each bout is three minutes long, but it ends when one team's score reaches a multiple of five. A team scoring 45 points first or having more points than the opponent at the end of the ninth bout wins the event. In the epee event, fencers use a thrusting weapon, targeting the entire body. South Korea won the first two bouts to build a narrow 7-6 lead. However, China pushed back and took a 15-13 lead in the third bout, and maintain
[Asian Games] S. Korea captures gold in men's 3x3 basketball
NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea won its first Asian Games gold medal in men's 3x3 basketball on Friday. South Korea beat Qatar 19-10 for the title at Kinjo Futo Station Square Venue in Nagoya. The South Korean team featured four collegiate players in Lee Ju-yeong, Kim Seung-woo, Lee Dong-geun and Ku Min-gyo, with each nation carrying a backup. Lee Ju-yeong led his team with nine points and drained three shots from behind the arc. Earlier in the day, the South Korean women's team beat Thailand 21-8 for the bronze medal. The South Korean men's team won gold in the 5x5 tournament last Sunday, and the women's 5x5 team reached the final by beating China in the semifinals on Friday. The 3x3 title was South Korea's 800th gold in its Asian Games history. The 3x3 basketball made its Asiad debut in 2018. South Korea won silver then and finished fourth in 2023, before reaching the pinnacle here Friday. The 3x3 game is played over a single 10-minute period, with shots from behind the arc counting as two-pointers and those inside the line counting for one point each. South Korea clung to a 6-4 lead at the h
S. Korea wins relay bronze to end swimming competition
TOKYO — South Korea ended the swimming competition of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday by winning bronze in the women's 4x100-meter medley relay. The team of Kim Seung-won, Park Si-eun, An Se-hyeon and Hur Yeon-kyung finished with a time of 4:00.67, placing behind China (3:54.55) and Japan (3:57.64) at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. This was South Korea's third swimming medal of Friday, following Lee Ju-ho's silver in the men's 200m backstroke and Kim Min-seop's bronze in the men's 200m butterfly. South Korea finished the Asian Games with one gold, six silver and 13 bronze medals in swimming. "I am so thankful that our medley relay team won a medal at the Asian Games, and I was so honored to have competed with these incredible athletes," Park said. The 19-year-old paid her respect to the 30-year-old veteran An. "Just having her around here gives us such a boost," Park said. "She gave me the courage to race in this relay event." Hur, 20, said An held the rest of the team together with her leadership. "She kept the mood light and made it fun for us to swim," Hur added, before cracking, "It loo
S. Korea wins 3 medals on last day of swimming
TOKYO — South Korea picked up three medals on the last day of the swimming competition at the ongoing Asian Games in Tokyo on Friday, finishing a couple of medals short of its gaudy total from three years ago. Lee Ju-ho won silver in the men's 200-meter backstroke at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in 1:56.58, 0.16 second back of Kodai Nishiono of Japan. Kim Min-seob grabbed bronze in the men's 200m butterfly for his first individual medal in Tokyo. Kim Seung-won, Park Si-eun, An Se-hyeon and Hur Yeon-kyung then won bronze in the women's 4x100m medley relay, the very last swimming event in Tokyo. South Korea ended with one gold medal, six silver medals and 13 bronze medals in Tokyo. The country swept up 22 medals at the 2023 Asiad in Hangzhou, China, including six gold medals. South Korea came to Tokyo trying to repeat that type of success, but was relegated to the background as China and Japan ran roughshod over the competition. South Korea's two alpha dogs, Hwang Sun-woo and Kim Woo-min, both finished without a gold medal after combining for five between them three years ago. Kim, in particular,
Kim Min-seop wins bronze in men's 200m butterfly swimming
TOKYO — Kim Min-seop won his first individual Asian Games swimming medal on Friday with his bronze in the men's 200-meter butterfly event. Kim finished third with a time of 1:55.94 at Tokyo Aquatics Centre, holding off Wang Xizhe of China by one-hundredth of a second. Wang Kuan-hung of Chinese Taipei won the gold in 1:55.05, and Xu Fang of China was the silver medalist at 1:55.65. Kim had earlier received silver in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay and bronze in the 4x200m freestyle relay for competing in the heats. In the butterfly final, Kim touched the 100m pad in second place and remained in the silver medal position with 50m to go. But he slowed considerably in the home stretch, as his final split of 30.74 seconds was the sixth-slowest in the 10-man final. "This was the first time I got into the 1:55 range since the Olympics (in 2024). And when I heard my parents and teammates screaming from the stands, I figured I had won a medal," Kim said. "Then when I saw the board, I saw No. 3 next to my name and I won bronze by 0.01 second. I felt really lucky." Kim, 22, said the bronze medal he
S. Korea beats China to reach women's basketball final
NAGOYA— South Korea advanced to the women's basketball final after pulling off a come-from-behind victory over China at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, moving a step closer to its first Asiad gold medal in 12 years. Guard Lee So-hee and forward Lee Hae-ran scored more than 20 points each to help South Korea defeat China 85-80 in the semifinals at Aichi International Arena in Nagoya. In the final set for 7:20 p.m. Saturday, South Korea will meet Japan. The host country beat Chinese Taipei 80-52 in Friday's second semifinal game. Coached by Park Soo-ho, South Korea is chasing its first gold medal in women's hoops since 2014 and its fifth overall. The men's national team won gold here Sunday. In the first quarter, South Korea's forwards struggled to get past China's 220-centimeter center Zhang Ziyu, ending the quarter down 19-17. The gap widened to 41-36 in the second quarter as South Korea had difficulty finding its range from three-point territory. Some timely three-pointers helped South Korea stay in a seesaw battle in the third quarter. Entering the fourth quarter down four point
Men's, women's football teams advance to semifinals
NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea advanced to the semifinals in both men's and women's football tournaments at the Asian Games on Friday. The men's squad, coached by Lee Min-sung, defeated Vietnam 4-0 in the quarterfinals at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Rugby Field in Nagoya, central Japan. The under-23 Taegeuk Warriors are now two wins away from delivering the country's fourth consecutive gold medal in men's football. In Wednesday's semifinals at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, 140 kilometers west of Nagoya, South Korea will meet the winner of the China-Thailand quarterfinal duel set for Saturday. Grasshopper forward Lee Young-jun, who joined the team Monday due to his commitment with the Swiss club, got the start and scored a brace -- in the 15th minute and then in the 81st minute. Center back Kim Ji-soo had the team's second goal in the 77th minute, with Kim Myeong-jun capping off the win with the fourth goal in the 88th minute. Kim has now scored in all three South Korean matches so far. In the women's quarterfinals, South Korea beat Uzbekistan 6-3 at Nagai Stadium behind Yun Su-jeong's hat trick. The T
S. Korea falls to Japan for 1st loss in baseball
NAGOYA, Japan — The four-time defending champion South Korea was shut out by Japan 5-0 for its first loss in the Asian Games baseball tournament on Friday. Made up of stars of the top domestic league, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), South Korea managed just four hits against a Japanese team of amateurs to begin the Super Round at Toyohashi Municipal Baseball Stadium in Toyohashi, some 85 kilometers southeast of the main host city, Nagoya. Both teams had won all three matches in the preliminary stage to qualify for the Super Round, joined by Chinese Taipei and China. Counting its win over Chinese Taipei in the group phase, South Korea's Super Round record now stands at 1-1, while Japan, which earlier beat China in the group round, improved to 2-0. On Friday, South Korea will play China, while Japan will take on Chinese Taipei. Should both South Korea and Japan win Friday, then they will meet for the gold medal on Sunday in Toyohashi. However, if only South Korea wins and Japan loses to Chinese Taipei, then those three teams will finish with an identical 2-1 record. In that case, th
S. Korean pair takes mixed doubles bronze in table tennis
NAGOYA, Japan — Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin grabbed their second straight Asian Games bronze medal together in the mixed doubles table tennis event on Friday in Japan after falling to their Chinese rivals in the semifinals. Lim and Shin, world No. 1 in the mixed doubles, lost to Lin Shidong and Kuai Man of China 4-2 (9-11, 11-8 7-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-3) in the semifinals at Sky Hall Toyota in Toyota, some 25 kilometers east of the main host city, Nagoya. With no bronze medal matches in table tennis, all losers of the semifinals are awarded bronze medals. This was the third bronze medal for South Korea at this year's Asiad, following the ones in the men's and women's team events. Lim and Shin fell to 1-4 against Lin and Kuai. That lone victory came in December 2025, when the South Koreans beat the Chinese team, then world No. 1, in the semifinals of the World Table Tennis Hong Kong Finals. Lim and Shin then went on to take down another Chinese tandem, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, in the final of that competition. The South Korean team had harbored hopes of reaching the final against Wang
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