Wrestler Kim Da-hyun Advances to Men's Greco-Roman 60kg Bronze Medal Match

National wrestling team member Kim Da-hyun (Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps) has advanced to the bronze medal match at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

Kim Da-hyun bounced back by defeating Azatzhan Achilov of Turkmenistan 12-1 in the men's Greco-Roman 60kg repechage held at the Inae Sports Center in Nagoya, Japan, on October 1.

Earlier in the day, he suffered a 0-9 defeat against Zholaman Sharshenbekov of Kyrgyzstan in the round of 16, but secured a spot in the repechage as Sharshenbekov advanced to the final.

Kim Da-hyun will aim for a medal later today against Sajjad Ali Mukhasir Albidan of Iraq.

All other athletes failed to advance to the medal matches.

Noh Young-hoon (Ulsan Nam-gu Office), who had been anticipated as a medal contender, fell 0-10 to Liu Rui of China in the men's Greco-Roman 77kg quarterfinals.

In the men's Greco-Roman 97kg, Lee Min-ho (Jeju Provincial Government) lost 2-3 to Gankhuyag Ganbaatar of Mongolia in the quarterfinals.

Cho Soo-bin (Yuseong-gu Office), competing in the women's freestyle 62kg, was defeated 0-5 by Mansi of India in the quarterfinals.

(Photo: Captured from the United World Wrestling website, Yonhap News)
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