2023-09-26 22:01:00
Men’s running target team sweep, 2 gold medal winners <사진=연합뉴스>
Yesterday, three days following the opening of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, the Korean team won four gold medals in shooting, taekwondo, judo, and fencing.
In addition, valuable silver and six bronze medals were added each in table tennis, wushu, rugby, and cycling, maintaining second place in the overall rankings following China with a total of 49 gold, silver, and bronze medals.
The men’s shooting team, consisting of Jeong Yu-jin (Cheongju City Hall), Ha Gwang-cheol (Busan City Hall), and Kwak Yong-bin (Chungnam Sports Council), won the gold medal by scoring 1,116 points in the men’s 10m running target mixed team event held at the Puyang Inhu Sports Center in Hangzhou, China.
The trio of Jeong Yu-jin, Ha Gwang-cheol, and Kwak Yong-bin won two gold medals by sweeping the mixed team event following the men’s 10m running target summit team event the previous day.
Running target is a sport where you hit a target that moves sideways like a game. It is divided into normal sport where the target speed is constant and mixed sport where the speed varies randomly.
Hyejin Park ”Golden Moment” <사진=연합뉴스>
In the Taekwondo competition, Park Hye-jin (Goyang City Hall) in the women’s 53kg class continued the momentum of the previous day’s gold medalist Jang Jun (Korea Gas Corporation) in the men’s 58kg class.
Hyejin Park defeated Taiwan’s Lin Weijun with a round score of 2-1 (7-6 7-9 12-9) in the final held at Hangzhou Lin’an Sports Culture Exhibition Center to become the top player in Asia.
Kim Ha-yoon wins first gold in judo <사진=연합뉴스>Ha-yoon Kim (Ansan City Hall), the top female heavyweight in judo, defeated Xu Shiyan (China) of the home team in half with a field leg throw, giving Korean judo its first gold medal at this tournament.
Fencing women’s saber’s Yun Ji-su (Seoul City Hall) won the championship by defeating Shao Yaqi (China) 15-10 in the individual final held at the Electronic University Gymnasium in Hangzhou.
Jisoo Yoon, today’s ”No. 1 swordsman” <사진=연합뉴스>
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