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Judo Olympic Medalists Go for 1st Asian Games Titles; Taekwondo Competition to Begin

Summary by The Korea Times
NAGOYA, Japan — A pair of Olympic medalists in judo will each chase their first Asian Games gold medals on Thursday. Lee Joon-hwan will compete in...

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[OSEN=Reporter Jung Seung-woo] Heo Mi-mi (Gyeongbuk Sports Council) and Lee Jun-hwan (Pohang City Hall) have both advanced to the semifinals. The two Paris Olympic medalists are advancing toward their first-ever Asian Games gold medal. On the 1st, Heo Mi-mi defeated Tao Yuying (China) by ippon in the quarterfinals of the women's 57kg judo event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Aichi International Arena in Nagoya, Japan. She had b…

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Led by judo, taekwondo, and archery, Korea is set to launch a final "golden sprint" at the Asian Games on the first day of October. Heo Mi-mi (women's 57kg final, 5 PM) and Lee Jun-hwan (men's 81kg final, 5 PM) will both compete for gold medals at the Aichi International Arena in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on the 1st. The two athletes...

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(Nagoya=Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Hyun-gu = Taekwondo, which will lead the Korean team's gold medal march alongside archery and judo in the latter half of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games...

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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