(LEAD) (Asiad) S. Korea's Song Da-bin wins gold in women's taekwondo at Asian Games
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By Kim Boram
NAGOYA, Japan, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Song Da-bin won the gold medal in the women's heaviest weight class in taekwondo at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, giving the country the first taekwondo gold at the ongoing competition.
Song beat Mu Wenzhe of China 2-1 in the final of the women's +67-kilogram taekwondo at Toyohashi Gymnasium in Toyohashi, some 85 kilometers southeast of Nagoya.
South Korea's Song Da-bin celebrates her victory after winning the final of the women's +67-kilogram taekwondo at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Toyohashi Gymnasium in Toyohashi, some 85 kilometers southeast of Nagoya, on Oct. 3, 2026. (Yonhap)
It was South Korea's first taekwondo gold in the "kyorugi," or sparring, event at the Asian Games in Japan. South Korea won two gold medals in the poomsae event, where athletes compete in taekwondo patterns and sequences, on Thursday.
Song became the first South Korean gold medalist in the women's +67kg event since Lee Da-bin at the 2018 Asian Games.
She did not drop a round en route to the final.
After winning the first round 4-2, Song lost the second 10-4 on a series of kicks to the body and head.
In the third and final round, she took a 6-2 lead with 50 seconds remaining. Mu cut the deficit to one point with a head kick, but Song sealed the victory at 8-5 with a body kick.
South Korea's Song Da-bin (L) competes in the final of the women's +67-kilogram taekwondo at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Toyohashi Gymnasium in Toyohashi, some 85 kilometers southeast of Nagoya, on Oct. 3, 2026. (Yonhap)
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