Kim Su-ji wins bronze medal in women's 1m springboard at Asian Games

A total of 245.05 points for the 1st to 5th periods... 3rd place after China's Linshan and Longyiping

(Nagoya = Yonhap News) Reporter Dae-ho Lee = Korean diving star Su-ji Kim (Ulsan Metropolitan City Sports Council) won a bronze medal in the women's 1m springboard at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

Suji Kim took third place with a total of 245.05 points from the first to fifth periods in the women's 1m springboard diving competition held at the Tokyo Aquatics Center in Japan on the 28th.

The gold medal went to China's Lin San, who scored 263.05 points, and the silver medal went to Long Yiping (China), who scored 254.25 points.

Kim Su-ji, who won the silver medal in the women's synchronized 3m springboard event the day before with Kim Na-hyeon (Gangwon Special Self-Governing Provincial Office), added a medal in the individual event as well, earning her second medal in this competition.

Suji Kim started off with a score of 39.60 in the first period (one and a half laps inside) with a difficulty of 2.4.

Afterwards, he steadily accumulated scores by winning 53.30 points in the second period (two and a half laps forward), 47.15 points in the third period (one and a half laps backwards), and 50.40 points in the fourth period (one and a half laps in the opposite direction).

Then, in the final 5th period (one and a half laps backwards and one and a half twists), he achieved a high score of 54.60 points, solidifying his place in third place and securing the bronze medal.

Kim Na-hyun, who also competed, recorded a total of 228.40 points and finished in 5th place.