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The Korean women's regu team added a bronze medal in sepaktakraw at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Friday with a 2-0 loss to Vietnam in the semifinals.
The Korean women’s sepaktakraw regu team started their bid to win the country’s third medal in the sport at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Thursday, finishing with one win and one loss on the first day of the preliminary stage.
The Korean men’s sepaktakraw quadrant team finished their Hangzhou Asian Games campaign on a high note on Tuesday, beating India 2-1 in their last group stage game but falling short of a spot in the knockout stage.
The Korean men's sepaktakraw team won against Singapore but lost to the Philippines in the men's quadrant opener at the 19th Asian Games. The team will next face Japan and India.
Korea earned its second sepaktakraw medal of the 19th Asian Games on Friday, losing 2-0 to Thailand in the women’s team regu to take silver.
Korea took its first medal in sepaktakraw — “kick volleyball” — at this year’s Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, taking bronze in men’s team regu.
Sepaktakraw — known as “kick volleyball” — returns to the Asiad for its ninth consecutive year, and Korea has a shot to again medal in a sport many Koreans have likely never heard of.
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