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S. Korea Adds Canoe Gold at Asian Games... Cho Gwang-hee and Kim Hyo-bin Claim Double Crowns

25일 일본 아이치현 미요시 레이크 카누 코스에서 열린 2026 아이치·나고야 아시안게임 카누 스프린트 남자 K2 500m 결승에서 1분 31초 859의 기록으로 금메달을 따낸 조광희-김효빈이 메달을 들어보이고 있다.
▲ Cho Gwang-hee and Kim Hyo-bin hold up their medals after winning the gold medal with a time of 1 minute, 31.859 seconds in the men's K2 500m canoe sprint final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at the Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on the 25th.

The South Korean national canoe sprint team has secured its second gold medal at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

The duo of Cho Gwang-hee and Kim Hyo-bin crossed the finish line first to win the championship with a time of 1 minute, 31.859 seconds in the men's kayak double (K2) 500m final held at the Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on the 25th.

Having won South Korea's first-ever canoe gold medal in the kayak four (K4) 500m event the previous day, Cho Gwang-hee and Kim Hyo-bin raced to gold for the second consecutive day, becoming the South Korean delegation's first double gold medalists of this tournament.

This marks the South Korean delegation's 11th gold medal of the Games.

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