(Asiad) Ha Jee-min wins S. Korea's first gold in sailing at Asian Games
NAGOYA, Japan, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Ha Jee-min won his fourth Asian Games medal in men's sailing Friday.
Ha finished first in the men's dinghy event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor in Gamagori, some 50 kilometers southeast of the main host city of Nagoya.
It is his fourth Asian Games gold medal in the event, following one each at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 events. He won silver at the 2022 edition.
It is also South Korea's first sailing gold at the ongoing competition.
Halliday Nicholas Bezy of Hong Kong won silver, and Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy of Malaysia took bronze.
South Korea's Ha Jee-min gives a thumbs-up before the final race of men's dinghy sailing at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor in Gamagori, some 50 kilometers southeast of the main host city of Nagoya, Japan, on Oct. 2, 2026. (Yonhap)
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