Choo Ga-eun Secures Third Medal with Mixed Team Silver

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Choo Ga-eun, who presented South Korea's shooting team with its first gold medal of this Asian Games, has added a silver medal in the mixed team event to claim her third medal of the tournament. Sharing star-shaped lucky stickers with Hong Su-hyun, she has captured another valuable medal.

Ha Seong-nyong reports from the site.

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Three days ago, Choo Ga-eun placed a sticker reading "stylish" on her gun before winning the gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol individual event. Yesterday (September 25), she and Hong Su-hyun shared star-shaped lucky stickers on their faces as they stepped onto the stage for the four-team mixed team final.

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The two shooters pulled their triggers without hesitation to pass the first stage in second place. During the survival stage, in the 21st shot where the third-place team gets eliminated, Choo scored 10.4 points to edge out Iran by 0.7 points, securing second place and ultimately winning the silver medal.

Following her individual gold and team silver, Choo secured her third medal, while Hong Su-hyun claimed her first medal of the tournament.

[Hong Su-hyun / National Shooting Team: I am so happy to show a medal to everyone back in Korea on Chuseok day.]

[Choo Ga-eun / National Shooting Team: Winning three like this makes me feel like I might get turtle neck.]

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On the final day of swimming competitions held in Tokyo, veteran Lee Ju-ho delivered a stellar silver-medal performance in the men's 200m backstroke.

Passing the 150-meter mark in second place behind China's Xu Jiayu, Lee dropped to third after Japan's Nishiono, who had been in third, surged into the lead. However, with a wholehearted final spurt, Lee climbed back to second to claim silver for the second consecutive tournament.

Kim Min-seop in the men's 200m butterfly and the women's 400m medley relay team also claimed bronze medals.

Having concluded their six-day schedule, the South Korean swimming team finished with just one gold medal, but gained meaningful takeaways by confirming the competitiveness of rising stars such as Kim Young-beom and Park Si-eun.

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The women's Sepak Takraw regu national team won their third consecutive silver medal, and the equestrian national team captured a silver medal in the team dressage event, washing away the humiliation of going medal-less at the Hangzhou Games.

(Video by Park Hyun-chul | Video Editing by Kim Jong-mi | Design by Kim Ye-ji)
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