S. Korea Adds 2 Silvers in Kayak Sprint Events at Asian Games
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S. Korea adds 2 silvers in kayak sprint events at Asian Games
NAGOYA — South Korea added two silver medals in the men's and mixed kayak sprint events at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, wrapping up its sprint canoeing campaign with two golds and two silvers. Jang Sang-won finished second in the men's kayak single 500-meter final with a time of 1:44.433 at Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course in Miyoshi, just east of the main host city of Nagoya. He was just 0.791 second behind the winner, Shakhriyor Makhkamo…
The pair of Choi Min-kyu (34) and Sun Min-ju (21) won a silver medal in the mixed kayak sprint 500m at the Asian Games. This marks Choi Min-kyu's second medal of the competition, following his gold medal in the men's kayak quartet 500m. The Choi-Sun pair competed on the 26th at the Lake Miyoshi Canoe Stadium in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Korea added two silver medals in the canoe sprint at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games. Jang Sang-won won in the men's single 500m, while Choi Min-kyu and Sun Min-ju won in the mixed double 500m. With these results, Korean canoeing concluded the competition with its best performance in 36 years.
(Nagoya=Yonhap News) Reporter Oh Myeong-eon = South Korean canoe team member Jang Sang-won (Yeonsu-gu Office, 33) cut through the silver waters in the men's single 500m kayak at the Asian Games.
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