Korean Judo fails to win a medal in mixed team event at Asian Games... Competition: 1 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze

(Nagoya = Yonhap News) Reporter Kyung-yoon Kim = The Korean judo team failed to win a medal in the mixed team event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

The national team lost 2-4 to Uzbekistan in the bronze medal match of the judo mixed team event held at the Aichi International Arena in Nagoya, Japan on the 3rd, the last day of the event.

Korea defeated China 4-1 in the quarterfinals, but lost 3-4 to Kazakhstan in the semifinals, sending them to the bronze medal match and also bowed out in the medal match.

As a result, Korean Judo finished the competition with 1 gold medal, 3 silver medals, and 4 bronze medals.

This is the second time that Korean Judo has achieved less than one gold medal at the Asian Games, following the 2022 Hangzhou Games (1 gold medal, 2 silver medals, and 6 bronze medals).

The national team initially set a goal of winning four gold medals in this competition, but achieved disappointing results.

Lee Eun-gyeol, the first runner in the men's 73kg class, gave up a heel kick to Shahram Akhadov with 22 seconds left in the match, losing the match to 0-1.

In the second match of the women's 70kg class, Kim Hye-mi received three points against Shirinzon Yuldoshova and lost by foul.

In Korea's third match in the men's 90kg class, Kim Jong-hoon made up for one point by beating Arslonbek Tojiyev in half with a heel walk.

And in the 4th match of the women's over 70kg category, Hyunji Lee (Yongin University) defeated Irishon Kurbanbayeva with half a waist sweep and half a side press to score 2-2.

However, Kim Min-jong (Yangpyeong County Office), who competed in the men's 90kg and over category, fell to his knees in a round of back throws against Muzaffarbek Turoboev, who won the men's heavyweight individual event, and ended up with a score of 2-3.

In the 6th edition, Korea attempted to come back with the only gold medalist of the Korean team, Mimi Heo (Gyeongbuk Sports Council), in the women's 57kg class, but gave up half of the match in overtime to Skurzon Aminoba, ending the match.

The national team coaches strongly protested, but were unable to overturn the decision.