Silver Medals Added in Diving, Shooting, and Kurash; An Se-young Eyes Second Consecutive Title Tomorrow

The South Korean delegation competing at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games added more medals today (28th) in events including diving and shooting.

Kim Yeong-nam (Jeju Provincial Government) claimed a silver medal in the men's 1m springboard final at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, recording a total of 373.30 points across six dives to finish second behind China's Wang Zongyuan (442.75 points).

While China has virtually swept all gold and silver medals in diving events, Kim comfortably outpaced China's Liu Chengjian (361.45 points) to secure his place right between the Chinese athletes.

In the women's 1m springboard, Kim Su-ji (Ulsan Metropolitan City Council) earned a bronze medal with a five-dive total of 245.05 points, trailing China's Lin Shan (263.05 points) and Long Yiping (254.25 points).

Having teamed up with Kim Na-hyun (Gangwon Provincial Government) to win silver in the women's synchronized 3m springboard yesterday, Kim Su-ji claimed her second medal of the games.


The shooting range also echoed with silver gunfire.

Bong Seo-rin (Gwangju Metropolitan City Corporation), Yang Ji-in (Woori Bank), and Oh Ye-jin (IBK Corporate Bank) finished second in the women's 25m pistol team event at the Aichi Prefectural Shooting Range with a combined score of 1,735 points (65 inner-10s), behind China (1,743 points).

South Korea, which took the lead yesterday with 870 points in the precision stage, faced a setback during today's rapid-fire stage when Yang Ji-in's 21st shot was delayed and ruled a zero, but Bong Seo-rin spearheaded the podium finish by scoring 292 points in the rapid-fire stage.

Kurash, a traditional martial art from Uzbekistan similar to judo, also joined the tally of silver medals.

Mo Su-min (Korea National Sport University) reached the final in the women's 78kg division, finishing as runner-up after losing 0-10 to Pokizakhon Kamoldinova, a powerhouse from the sport's birthplace, Uzbekistan.


The sepaktakraw national team captured a bronze medal in the women's doubles (2-player event).

Earlier today, South Korea came from behind to defeat the Philippines 2-1 in sets during their final Group B preliminary match, advancing to the semifinals as the top team in their group.

Although they had to settle for a bronze medal after losing 0-2 in sets to Vietnam in the subsequent semifinal, it marks South Korea's first podium finish in the women's doubles sepaktakraw event in 16 years, following the bronze medal at the 2010 Guangzhou Games.


Badminton queen An Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) is now just one win away from capturing her first-ever consecutive women's singles title.

An secured her spot in the final by comfortably defeating world number 4 Chen Yufei of China 2-0 (21-5, 21-12) in the women's singles semifinal held at the Ichinomiya City Gymnasium in Aichi Prefecture.

In tomorrow's (29th) final, An will square off against world number 3 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan.

Women's doubles world number 2 Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na (both from Incheon International Airport) also advanced to the final by defeating Japan's Kie Nakanishi and Rin Uesaka 2-0 (21-13, 21-12).

Having bowed their heads following consecutive losses in the quarterfinals and semifinals of the team event, the fully revived duo of Lee and Baek will battle for the gold medal against world number 1 Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning of China.


Men's doubles world number 1 Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho (both from Samsung Life Insurance) finished their tournament with a bronze medal after losing 0-2 (11-21, 14-21) to Indonesia's Daniel Martin and Leo Rolly Carnando in the semifinals.

Yoo Tae-bin (Gimcheon City Hall), who pulled off a sensation by reaching the semifinals as the world number 46 in men's singles, secured a bronze medal after being tripped up by Loh Kean Yew of Singapore (ranked 13th) in the semifinals.

Yoo became the first South Korean male singles player to stand on an Asian Games podium since Park Sung-hwan won a bronze medal at the 2010 Guangzhou Games.

In compound archery, Choi Yong-hee and Kim Jong-ho (both from Hyundai Steel) in the men's division, along with Kang Yeon-seo (Seongsa Middle School) and Park Jung-yoon (Changwon City Hall) in the women's division, all successfully passed the round of 16 in the individual events to continue their quest for medals.

As of 6 p.m., South Korea maintains third place with 21 gold, 26 silver, and 43 bronze medals.

China leads in first place with 126 gold medals, while Japan is second with 39.

(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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