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S. Korea Wins More Medals on 12th Day of Incheon Asiad

Written: 2014-09-30 18:24:37Updated: 2014-09-30 20:10:47

S. Korea Wins More Medals on 12th Day of Incheon Asiad

On the 12th day of the Incheon Asiad, South Korea's first triple gold medalist and youngest gold medalist of the games were crowned.

In bowling, Lee Na-young became the country's first athlete to win three gold medals in Incheon by taking the women's all-events gold, scoring a total of five-thousand-132 points in the individual, duo, triple and five-member team competitions combined. She had already won gold in the duo and triple events as well.

Meanwhile in the optimist - men's one person dinghy sailing event, Park Sung-bin, aged 14, emerged victorious to become the youngest gold medalist in the country's 831-member delegation.

In soft tennis, South Korea’ Kim Hyeong-jun captured the gold in men’s singles beating Edi Kusdaryanto of Indonesia, while Kim Bo-mi won the women’s singles gold, defeating Chen Hui of China.

In wrestling, Jung Ji-hyun advanced to the final in the men’s Greco-Roman event in the 71kg class, while Yoon Jeong-yeon advanced to the final in women’s 53kg class in taekwondo.

In women’s boxing, Park Jin-ah also made it to the final in the women's light class.
 
South Korea’s men’s football team will face Thailand at 8 p.m. Tuesday in a semifinal. South Korea is trying to win its first Asiad gold in men’s football since 1986.

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