Canoeing Adds Two Silvers; An Se-young Starts Bid for Consecutive Titles

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Medals continue to pour in for our national team today (the 26th) at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. The canoeing national team, serving as a reliable medal powerhouse in this competition, has added two more silver medals. Meanwhile, world badminton powerhouse An Se-young has kicked off her quest for an individual gold medal with a promising victory.

Reporter Hong Seok-jun is reporting from the scene.

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After cutting through the water with gold medals for two consecutive days, the South Korean canoeing team continued its medal hunt today.

Following Jang Sang-won, who teamed up for a gold medal in the men's kayak four event and went on to claim silver in the men's kayak single 500m, the mixed kayak double 500m duo of Choi Min-gyu and Sun Min-ju added another silver medal.

The South Korean canoeing team concluded its sprint schedule at this competition with a stellar record of two gold medals and two silver medals.

In the women's 50m rifle 3 positions, Kim Ji-eun won a bronze medal at her first-ever Asian Games, marking South Korea's first podium finish in this event in 12 years.

Putting behind the disappointment of the bronze medal in the team event, world badminton number one An Se-young made a powerful start toward becoming the first singles player in history to defend her title for two consecutive games.

She defeated Kazakhstan's Smagulova 2-0 in just 20 minutes in the Round of 32, and will face Sri Lanka's Liyanage in the Round of 16 shortly after.

Physical stamina management has emerged as a key variable due to the gruelling schedule of playing two matches in a single day, which is rarely seen in international competitions.

Shin Yu-bin, who previously won bronze medals in the women's team and mixed doubles table tennis events, cruised past Kazakhstan's Akasheva 4-0 in just 22 minutes in the singles Round of 16 to advance to the quarterfinals, but her bid for the semifinals was halted after a defeat to world number one Wang Manyu of China.

(Video by Yang Doo-won | Video Editing by Park Jung-sam)
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