
Woo-seok Lee wins two gold medals in archery, Ji-woon Choi wins a surprise gold medal in yachting, and Joo-hyung Kim wins golf.
The Korean team added three gold medals on the last day of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games medal race thanks to the performances of Lee Woo-seok in archery, Choi Ji-woon in yachting, and Kim Joo-hyung in golf.
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The 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games were held in Japan for the first time in 32 years and are about to close.
(Nagoya = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Hyeon-gu = The Korean team added three gold medals on the last day of the virtual medal race at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Lee Woo-seok (Kolon) won the gold medal by defeating Junya Nakanishi (Japan) with a set score of 6-2 (29-26 27-27 29-29 29-27) in the final of the men's individual archery recurve event that ended at the multi-purpose plaza of Okazaki Central General Park in Aichi Prefecture, Japan on the 3rd.
Lee Woo-seok, who had won gold medals in the team event with Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall) and Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office) the previous day, became the fifth member of our team to win two gold medals, following canoeing Cho Kwang-hee and Kim Hyo-bin, fencing Oh Sang-wook, and shooting Lee Geon-hyeok.
In the women's individual archery recurve event held earlier, Oh Ye-jin (Gwangju Bank) lost the shoot-off single shot match to an Indian player and won the silver medal.
This is the first time that Korean archery has failed to win a single gold medal in archery at the Asian Games.
Korean archery finished the competition with three gold medals, three silver medals, and three bronze medals, including the gold medal of Kim Jong-ho (Hyundai Steel) in the compound men's individual event.
Choi Ji-woon, a 15-year-old yachtsman, competed through the 12th race in the boys' dinghy competition, scoring a final score of 25 points and winning a surprise gold medal.
It has been 12 years since Park Seong-bin won the U-16 Optimist event at the 2014 Incheon Games that a Korean yacht won a gold medal in the youth event at the Asian Games.
Choi Ji-woon, who is expected to be the 'next-generation ace' of Korean yachting even at the young age of a third-year middle school student, tied with the late Ian (Singapore) with 25 points and won the gold medal thanks to the fact that there were more high-ranked races according to the tiebreaker rule that determines superiority by comparing the best scores in order in the event of a tie.
Kim Joo-hyung, who plays on the PGA Tour, recorded 6 under par 64 strokes, including 1 eagle, 5 birdies, and 1 bogey, in the final round of the men's golf individual event that ended at the Aichi Prefecture Kasugai Country Club East Course (par 70), winning with a final total of 18 under par 262 strokes.
Kim Joo-hyung, who became the first Korean player to win the men's golf individual event 16 years after Kim Min-hwi at the 2010 Guangzhou Tournament, was able to continue his PGA tour activities stably by enjoying military service benefits.
Moon Do-yeop and Kim Seong-hyun, who competed with Kim Joo-hyung, added silver medals in the team event, following China.
In team competitions, rankings are based on the combined scores of the two best players from each country in each round.
Kim Yu-jin (Ulsan Metropolitan City Sports Council), the 2024 Paris Olympic champion who was a strong candidate to win the Taekwondo competition, suffered a shocking defeat in the women's 57kg class quarterfinals.
Taekwondo men's Jin-ho Moon (Korea National Sport University) in the men's 68kg class and Kang Sang-hyeon (Ulsan Metropolitan City Sports Council) in the men's 80kg class added bronze medals.
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