(LEAD) (Asaid) S. Korea's Choi Ji-un wins gold in boys' dinghy sailing at Asian Games
NAGOYA, Japan, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's teenage sailor Choi Ji-un won the gold medal in the boys' dinghy event in sailing at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, becoming the youngest gold medalist in the country's delegation.
Choi finished first in the event's final at Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor in Gamagori, some 50 kilometers southeast of the main host city of Nagoya.
The 15-year old athlete became the youngest gold medalist in the South Korean delegation at the Asian Games.
South Korea's Choi Ji-un prepares for a race in the boy's dinghy event in 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, on Oct. 2, 2026. (Yonhap)
It is the first time since the 2014 Incheon Asian Games that South Korea has won a boys' event in sailing.
Goh Ian of Singapore won silver, while Cheng de Villemor Salgado Tiago of Hong Kong won bronze.
In dinghy, sailors receive points equal to their finishing positions and penalties in each race of the opening series, with the lowest total winning the event. Athletes are allowed to discard scores from their worst two races after 12 races.
Choi was in fourth place after 10 races held the previous day but made a dramatic comeback by moving into first place over the final two races on Saturday.
He finished first in the 11th race and crossed the finish line second in the final race, finishing with 25 points overall, tied with Singapore's Goh.
Choi won the tiebreaker because he had higher finishes than Goh.
At the Asian Games, boys' and girls' dinghy events are contested in sailing to foster emerging talent in the sport.
South Korea won the gold medal in the men's dinghy event the previous day.
South Korea's Choi Ji-un (L) shakes hands with an official from the Korea Sailing Federation before the boys' dinghy event in 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, on Oct. 2, 2026. (Yonhap)
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