Key facts
- South Korea won two gold medals at the Asian Games on Wednesday.
- Shooter Choo Ga-eun set a new Asian record with 246.3 points in the women's 10m air pistol.
- Fencer Oh Sang-uk defended his men's sabre individual title.
- South Korea has a total of eight gold medals after four days of competition.
- China leads the medal race with 48 gold medals.
- Hwang Sun-woo won silver in the men's 200m freestyle, with his continental record broken.
South Korea added two gold medals to its tally at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, with shooter Choo Ga-eun setting a new Asian record and fencer Oh Sang-uk successfully defending his title.
Choo secured gold in the women's 10-meter air pistol with a score of 246.3 points, surpassing the previous Asian record and beating China's Shen Yijao by five points. She also contributed to a silver medal in the 10m air pistol team event. In fencing, Oh Sang-uk defeated Shen Chenpeng of China 15-13 to win the men's sabre individual gold, marking his second consecutive title in the event.
These two gold medals bring South Korea's total to eight after four days, placing them behind Japan (second with 15 golds) and well behind China, which leads with 48 gold medals. Other notable performances for South Korea included Hwang Sun-woo winning silver in the men's 200m freestyle, though his Asian continental record was broken by China's Zhang Zhanshuo. The women's badminton team earned a bronze medal after losing to Japan in the semifinals. In wushu, Lee Ha-sung took silver in the men's daoshu and gunshu event. South Korea also collected bronze medals in athletics (Choe Byeong-kwang in the men's half marathon race walk), esports (Kim Young-chan in Gran Turismo 7), and table tennis team events. The baseball team advanced to the Super Round with a dominant win.