On the 12th day of the Incheon Asian Games on Tuesday, 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 winning the women's all-events, scoring a total of five-thousand-132 points in the individual, duo, triple and five-member team competitions combined. She finished first in the duo and triple events as well.
In soft tennis, South Korea’s Kim Hyeong-jun beat Edi Kusdaryanto of Indonesia to capture the gold in the men’s singles, while Kim Bo-mi won gold in the women’s singles, defeating Chen Hui of China.
Meanwhile, South Korea grabbed four golds and one bronze in sailing. In the optimist - men's one person dinghy sailing event, Park Sung-bin, a 14-year-old skipper, picked up the gold to become the youngest gold medalist in the country's 831-member delegation. Ha Jee-min won the gold in the men's laser race, successfully defending his Asiad title. Kim Chang-ju and Kim Ji-hoon claimed gold in the men's 470 two-person dinghy event. Another men's duo of Kim Keun-soo and Song Min-jae won the gold medal in the hobie-16 open multihull category. Lee Na-kyung and Choi Seo-eun grabbed the bronze in the women's 420 two-person dinghy event, trailing Singapore and Malaysia.
In wrestling, Jung Ji-hyun seized the gold in the men's Greco-Roman 71-kilogram class.
South Korea picked up one silver and two bronze medals in taekwondo. Yoon Jeong-yeon lost to Huang Yun Wen of Taiwan in the women's 53-kilogram event to win a silver, while Song Young-geon and Shin Yeong-rae finished third in the men's 74- and 87-kilogram events.