
Ranked top in his first Asian Games appearance... Korean Taekwondo continues its 10th consecutive gold medal streak
Song Da-bin (Ulsan Metropolitan City Sports Council) defeated China's Mu Wen-jeo in the women's over-67kg final of the Taekwondo Sparring at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, winning her first Asian Games appearance and giving the Korean Sparring Team its first gold medal.
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Song Da-bin won the Taekwondo competition at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, continuing Korea's streak of 10 consecutive Asian Games Taekwondo gold medals.
(Toyohashi [Japan] = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-han = Song Da-bin (Ulsan Metropolitan City Sports Council) reached the top in his first Asian Games and gave the Korean Taekwondo sparring team its first gold medal in this competition.
Song Da-bin defeated Mu Wen-je (China) with a round score of 2-1 in the women's over-67kg final of the Taekwondo Sparring at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Toyohashi General Gymnasium in Aichi Prefecture, Japan on the 3rd.
It has been eight years since Korea won a gold medal in this weight class since Lee Da-bin at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games.
Following Lee Da-bin's gold medal in 2018 and the silver medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Games held in 2023, Korea continued to win three consecutive competitions in this weight class.
With Song Da-bin's victory, Korean Taekwondo sparring has won gold medals in all 10 Asian Games where Taekwondo has been held since the 1986 Seoul Games, when it was first adopted as an official sport.
In addition, Korean Taekwondo won its third gold medal in this competition, following Yoon Gyu-seong and Jeong Ha-eun in the Poomsae men's and women's individual competition.
Song Da-bin defeated Fatemeh Ahmadi (Iran) 2-0 (7-1 2-0) in the previous semifinals and advanced to the finals.

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