The Second Day of the Opening is also a ‘Golden Day’

[Asian Games] The Second Day of the Opening is also a ‘Golden Day’… ‘Golden Fortune’ in Taekwondo, Shooting, and Fencing

Taekwondo Jang Jun wins the shooting men's 10m running target team event and fencing wins the men's saber individual event.

Table tennis advances to the men's team finals... North Korea won silver medals in shooting and judo.

The Korean team delivered golden news on the second day of the opening of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games and continued to cruise in the early medal race. 스포츠토토

He won gold medals in Taekwondo, shooting, and fencing, and showed strength in martial arts and bayonet skills.

In Korea, Jang Jun (Korea Gas Corporation) won the Taekwondo men's 58kg final, beating Mahmi Hadjimosaeinapoti (Iran) with a round score of 2-0 in the Taekwondo men's 58kg final held at the Lin'an Sports and Culture Exhibition Center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on the 25th.

On the 24th, the first day of the opening, Kang Wan-jin (Hongcheon County Office) and Cha Ye-eun (Kyung Hee University) won gold medals in the Poomsae event, and on this day, they also showed off their status as a Taekwondo country in the sparring event.

Jang Jun, bronze medalist at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, won his first Asian Games appearance, showing off his skills as a world-class athlete in this weight class.

In the shooting event held at Puyang Inhu Sports Center, Jeong Yu-jin (Cheongju City Hall), Ha Gwang-cheol (Busan City Hall), and Kwak Yong-bin (Chungnam Sports Council) participated in the men's 10m running target summit team event and won the gold medal with 1,668 points.

South Korea had the same total score as North Korea, but won 39-29 in terms of the number of hits that hit the center of 10 points.

With this, Korea won its first gold medal in the 10m running target team event for the first time in Asian Games history.

On this day's shooting, three silver medals were added in the 25m rapid fire pistol team event and the 10m air rifle team and individual event.

Korean shooting, aiming for two gold medals in this competition, is aiming for additional gold medals in the men's 10m running target mixed on the 26th and the women's 50m rifle 3-position on the 27th.

In fencing, the finals were held between Korean athletes for two consecutive days.

The previous day, Choi In-jeong and Song Se-ra met in the women's epee individual finals, and Choi In-jeong won the gold medal. In the men's saber individual finals, Koo Bon-gil (Korea Sports Promotion Foundation) and Oh Sang-wook (Daejeon City Hall) faced each other and secured gold and silver medals.

If Koo Bon-gil wins the final, which starts at 8:50 PM Korean time, he will achieve his fourth consecutive Asian Games individual title.

The two also faced each other in the finals of the Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, the previous competition, with Koo Bon-gil winning 15-14.

In yachting, one gold medal was ‘reserved’.

Jo Won-woo (Haeundae District Office), who participated in the men's windsurfing RS:

Even if he does not play on the 26th, Wonwoo Cho will take home the gold medal.

However, this gold medal will be awarded to Cho Won-woo at an awards ceremony after the game ends on the 26th.

In judo, Lee Jun-hwan (Yongin University) in the men's 81 kg class advanced to the finals, but lost to Somon Makmedbekov (Tajikistan) in half of the thigh throws and finished as runner-up.

A silver medal was won in judo for two consecutive days, following Lee Ha-rim (Korea Racing Association) in the men's 60kg class the previous day.

In the table tennis team semifinals, the joys and sorrows of the Korean men's and women's national teams were mixed.

The men defeated Iran 3-0 and advanced to the finals, demonstrating their potential to reach the finals of the team event for the 10th consecutive Asian Games since the 1986 Seoul Games.

On the other hand, the women's national team lost 1-3 in the semifinals against Japan, preventing them from participating in the Asian Games team finals for 33 years since winning the silver medal at the 1990 Beijing Games.

North Korea, which won a bronze medal the previous day, won a silver medal in the women's 70kg judo team event with Moon Seong-hee and the men's 10m running target team event in shooting.

As of 8 p.m., Korea ranks second in the medal rankings with 6 gold medals, 8 silver medals, and 10 bronze medals.

China took an overwhelming lead with 32 gold medals, and Japan followed closely behind Korea with 5 gold medals, 12 silver medals, and 9 bronze medals.

North Korea ranked 12th with two silver medals and one bronze medal.