Jin-ho Moon, Da-bin Song, and Sang-hyeon Kang advance to the Asian Games Taekwondo semifinals... Yujin Kim was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Toyohashi [Japan] = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-han = While Paris Olympic gold medalist Kim Yu-jin was defeated in the quarterfinals, Moon Jin-ho (Korea National Sport University), Song Da-bin, and Kang Sang-hyeon (Ulsan Metropolitan City Sports Council), who were competing in their first Asian Games, advanced to the semifinals and secured bronze medals.

Jin-ho Moon defeated Samirhon Ababakirov (Kazakhstan) with a round score of 2-0 (12-9 9-6) in the men's 68kg class quarterfinals of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Taekwondo Competition held at the Toyohashi General Gymnasium in Aichi Prefecture, Japan on the 3rd.

Song Da-bin in the women's over-67kg class also defeated Rama Abu Alub (Jordan) with a round score of 2-0 (8-2 13-4), and Kang Sang-hyeon in the men's over-80kg class also defeated Jack Mercer (Thailand) with a round score of 2-0 (17-2 15-0) to advance to the semifinals.

In the Asian Games Taekwondo competition, bronze medals are awarded to both athletes who lost in the semifinals without a bronze medal match. The three players secured at least a bronze medal.

Previously, Paris Olympics gold medalist Kim Yu-jin (Ulsan Metropolitan City Sports Council), who competed in the women's 57kg class, lost to Zhang Chu-ling (China) with a round score of 0-2 in the quarterfinals and failed to win a medal.