(Asiad) S. Korea wins gold in equestrian dressage individual
NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Nam Dong-heon won the gold medal in the individual dressage event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday, bringing home the country's first Asiad title in the event in 12 years.
Nam Dong-heon of South Korea (C) stands on the podium after winning gold in the individual dressage event in equestrian at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Game at Equestrian Park in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2026, in this photo provided by the Korea Equestrian Federation. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
Nam scored 75.190 points to finish first in the event's final at Equestrian Park in Tokyo.
Yu Jiayi of China won the silver medal with 75.050 points, while Aleksandra Maksakova of Palestine took bronze with 74.935 points.
Sunday's gold medal marked South Korea's first title in the individual dressage event since the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.
Nam also won a silver medal in the team dressage event Friday.
South Korea's Nam Dong-heon performs during the dressage team final of equestrian during the 20th Asian Games at Aichi-Nagoya at Equestrian Park in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2026, in this Xinhua photo. (Yonhap)
KioskNews shows a cleaned-up reading view extracted from the publisher’s page — the original always lives on their site, not ours.