
Winner of the Asian Games for the first time in my life... Winner of the Poomsae gold medal with Jeong Ha-eun
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Following the 2018 Jakarta/Palembang Games and the 2023 Hangzhou Games, Korea won the Asian Games Taekwondo Poomsae Men's Individual Championship for the third time in a row.
생애 첫 아시안게임서 정상… Winner of the Poomsae gold medal with Jeong Ha-eun
(Toyohashi [Japan] = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-han = Yoon Gyu-seong (2nd Corps Command) led the Korean Taekwondo Poomsae men's individual gold medal for three consecutive times at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
In the final of the men's Poomsae individual competition held at the Toyohashi Gymnasium in Aichi Prefecture, Japan on the 1st, Yoon Kyu-seong received an average of 9.3800 points in certified Poomsae and free Poomsae, ranking first among eight competitors.
The silver and bronze medals were won by Thailand's Nawin Pintasut (9.2800 points) and the Philippines' Zeus Gabriel Derek Yaffe (9.0900 points).
In the certified Poomsae Taegeuk Chapter 7, he received 9.340 points, including 3.680 points for accuracy and 5.660 points for expression.
In free poomsae, he scored 9.420 points with 5.680 points in technical ability and 3.740 points in production ability, recording the highest score in both categories.
Gyu-seong Yoon finished the competition with strong spirit, executing each and every movement in the official Poomsae with great discipline.
In free poomsae, five essential techniques were performed one after another to fast-tempo music.
As the tempo of the music slowed down, he did a sideways aerial rotation and performed a series of kicks. After putting his energy into it, he finished the contest with a series of tumbling followed by a kaljaebi movement.
In this competition, a total of eight people, the top four from each of the two semifinal groups, advanced to the finals and the ranking was determined by the average of the certified and free Poomsae scores.
Korea achieved its third consecutive win in the men's individual event, following Kang Min-sung at the 2018 Jakarta and Palembang Games and Kang Wan-jin at the 2023 Hangzhou Games.
Jeong Ha-eun (Yongin Special City Hall) and Yoon Gyu-seong, who previously won the women's individual event, also won gold medals, giving Korea both gold medals in Poomsae at this competition.
Gyu-seong Yoon is a silver medalist in the individual free poomsae event at the 2024 World Poomsae Championships, and he took the top spot in the same event at this year's Asian Championships.

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