Swimmer Park Aiming for 3rd Gold at Guangzhou Games
Swimmer Park Tae-hwan will seek out his third gold medal at the Guangzhou Asian Games on Wednesday when he competes in the men's 100-meter freestyle event.

Park earlier grabbed the gold in the 200- and 400-meter freestyle events in this year’s Games.
When adding the gold medals he won during the previous Asian Games in Doha, Park has won a total of five gold medals in the sporting event.

Also on Wednesday, South Korea will set its sights on gold in taekwondo. Gold-medal matches will be held in the women’s under-46 kilogram division as well as the men’s under-74 kilogram and under-87 kilogram divisions.

South Korea will also aim to grab medals in artistic gymnastics, shooting and cycling on Wednesday.

The men’s volleyball team will compete against Kazakhstan in a preliminary match, while the men’s basketball team will face Jordan in the preliminary round.

Medal Count

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Medal Count
Ranking Country      
1 CHN 199 119 98
2 KOR 76 65 91
3 JPN 48 74 94
4 IRI 20 14 25
5 KAZ 18 23 38
2          KOR 76 65 91
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