Korea claimed three more medals in judo at the Hangzhou Asian Games, with Kim Ha-yun winning the country's first gold, and Kim Min-jong and Yoon Hyun-ji earning bronze medals.
His podium finish followed Lee Ha-rim’s silver medal in the men’s -60 kilograms division on Sunday, pushing Korea’s total judo medal count to six — two silver, four bronze — by the end of the sport's second day.
Park, 24, defeated United Arab Emirates’s Altantseteseg Batsukh, 26, by ippon, the highest score awarded in judo to win Korea's fourth medal in judo at this year's Asian Games
An, 29, ousted Dzhebov, 25, from a medal finish by waza-ari, the second-highest score awarded in judo.
Korean judoka Jung Ye-rin won a bronze medal in the -52 kilograms division of women’s judo, winning the Korean delegation its second medal in the sport at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Sunday.
Korea’s Lee Ha-rim bagged a silver medal in the -60 kilograms division of men’s judo, marking the nation’s first medal in the sport at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Sunday.
South Korean judoka An Ba-ul beat North Korea’s Ri Kum-song in the first of several all-Korean matchups during the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
Judoka Lee Joon-hwan is looking to become Korea’s next judo hero at the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games, where the 21-year-old looks to continue Korea's dominance at his first Asiad.
Olympic silver medalist judoka Cho Gu-ham announced Sunday that he is retiring from the sport.
Korean judoka Choi Gwang-geun won bronze in the men's over 100 kilograms, beating Yordani Fernandez Sastre of Cuba in the bronze medal match at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Sunday.
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