Choi Min-gyu and Seon Min-ju win silver medal in mixed kayak two-person 500m... Choi Min-gyu's second medal after gold
Quick Look
- Choi Min-gyu (34) and Seon Min-ju (21) of the Korean canoeing team won a silver medal in the mixed kayak two-person 500m final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
- Choi Min-gyu won his second medal of the competition, following his previous gold medal in the men's kayak 4-person 500m event.
- The Korean national team is doing well so far, winning two gold medals and two silver medals.
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Why It Matters
The Korean canoeing team is doing well by winning its first-ever gold medal in the men's kayak 4-person 500m event at the Asian Games, adding medals in the mixed event as well.
Choi Min-gyu and Seon Min-ju team up for silver medal in mixed two-person 500m… Choi Min-gyu's second medal after gold
(Nagoya = Yonhap News) Reporter Oh Myeong-eon = The Korean canoeing team, consisting of Choi Min-gyu (34) and Seon Min-ju (21), won a valuable silver medal in the Asian Games mixed kayak two-person 500m.
Choi Min-gyu and Seon Min-ju took second place with a time of 1 minute 40.349 seconds in the canoe sprint mixed kayak two-person 500m final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Miyoshiho Canoe Stadium in Aichi Prefecture, Japan on the 26th.
With this, Choi Min-gyu won his second medal in this competition, following the gold medal he won earlier.
On the 23rd, Choi Min-gyu, along with Cho Kwang-hee, Kim Hyo-bin, and Jang Sang-won, won Korea's first gold medal in the men's kayak 4-person (K4) 500m, known as the 'flower of canoeing', and on this day also added a medal with a silver sprint in the mixed event.
In addition, the Korean canoeing team has also won two gold medals and two silver medals to date, continuing to climb to the podium every day.
In the final race on this day, Choi Min-gyu and Sun Min-ju were 0.905 seconds behind China's winning pair of Li Chenhao and Zhang Luxi (1 minute 39.444 seconds), but kept second place until the end, beating the third-place Japanese pair Lin Fukuda and Akihiro Inoue (1 minute 40.720 seconds) by a gap of 0.371 seconds.
Korean canoeing is showing remarkable results in this competition, shooting medals every day.
Cho Kwang-hee, Kim Hyo-bin, Jang Sang-won, and Choi Min-gyu jointly won the first gold medal in Korean history in the men's kayak 4-person 500m on the 24th, and Cho Kwang-hee and Kim Hyo-bin crossed the golden water side by side in the 2-person kayak 500m on the 25th, earning the honor of becoming the first Korean team to win two gold medals in this competition.
In the men's kayak single-man 500m final held earlier that day, Jang Sang-won won a silver medal, contributing to the rich medal race of Korean canoeists.
Open Questions
- What are Choi Min-gyu and Seon Min-ju’s plans to participate in future international competitions?
- What are the future training and support plans for the Korean canoeing team?
