S. Korea's Choi Ji-Un Wins Gold in Boy's Dinghy Sailing
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Choi Ji-woon, a promising 9th-grade sailing prospect who staged a last-minute comeback from 4th place, won gold for the first time in 12 years. Choi Ji-woon (15, Daecheonseo Middle School) claimed the top spot in the men's junior dinghy event at the 2026 Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, held on the 3rd at Gamagori Kaiyo Yacht Harbor in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, recording a final penalty of 25 points through the 12th race.
S. Korea's Choi Ji-un wins gold in boy's dinghy sailing
NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea's teenage sailor Choi Ji-un won the gold medal in the boy's dinghy event in sailing at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, becoming the youngest gold medalist in the country's delegation. Choi finished first in the event's final at Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor in Gamagori, some 50 kilometers southeast of the main host city of Nagoya. The 15-year old athlete became the youngest gold medalist in the South Korean deleg…
(Nagoya = Yonhap News) Reporter Oh Myeong-eon = Choi Ji-woon (15, Daecheon Seojung) won the gold medal in the dinghy event of the boys' sailing division at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
15-year-old Choi Ji-woon staged a dramatic comeback to bring Korea its first Asian Games youth gold medal in sailing in 12 years.
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