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S. Korea Adds Gold Medals in Bowling, Soft Tennis, Sailing, Wrestling

2014-09-30

On the 12th day of the Incheon Asian Games on Tuesday, South Korea's first triple gold medalist and youngest gold medalist of the games were crowned.
 
In bowling, Lee Na-young became the country's first athlete to win three gold medals in Incheon by winning the women's all-events, scoring a total of five-thousand-132 points in the individual, duo, triple and five-member team competitions combined. She finished first in the duo and triple events as well.
 
In soft tennis, South Korea’s Kim Hyeong-jun beat Edi Kusdaryanto of Indonesia to capture the gold in the men’s singles, while Kim Bo-mi won gold in the women’s singles, defeating Chen Hui of China.
 
Meanwhile, South Korea grabbed four golds and one bronze in sailing. In the optimist - men's one person dinghy sailing event, Park Sung-bin, a 14-year-old skipper, picked up the gold to become the youngest gold medalist in the country's 831-member delegation. Ha Jee-min won the gold in the men's laser race, successfully defending his Asiad title. Kim Chang-ju and Kim Ji-hoon claimed gold in the men's 470 two-person dinghy event. Another men's duo of Kim Keun-soo and Song Min-jae won the gold medal in the hobie-16 open multihull category. Lee Na-kyung and Choi Seo-eun grabbed the bronze in the women's 420 two-person dinghy event, trailing Singapore and Malaysia.

In wrestling, Jung Ji-hyun seized the gold in the men's Greco-Roman 71-kilogram class.  

South Korea picked up one silver and two bronze medals in taekwondo. Yoon Jeong-yeon lost to Huang Yun Wen of Taiwan in the women's 53-kilogram event to win a silver, while Song Young-geon and Shin Yeong-rae finished third in the men's 74- and 87-kilogram events.

Ranking

  • / / gold / sliver / bronze / total
  • 2nd / KOR KOR / 79 / 71 / 84 / 234
  • 1st / CHN CHN / 151 / 108 / 83 / 342
  • 2nd / KOR KOR / 79 / 71 / 84 / 234
  • 3rd / JPN JPN / 47 / 76 / 77 / 200
  • 4th / KAZ KAZ / 28 / 23 / 33 / 84
  • 5th / IRI IRI / 21 / 18 / 18 / 57

Total Ranking >

Schedule

2014-10-04
  • 09:00Soft Tennismedal
  • 09:30Karatemedal
  • 10:00Table Tennismedal
  • 18:00Closing Ceremony

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