We start with the Asian Games in Hangzhou where South Korean athletes are also standing out in Monday’s events with silver medals being added to the country’s list and an upcoming South and North Korea final in the women’s doubles table tennis match our Kim jongshi wraps up the latest results as of Monday afternoon
South Korea’s shinubin and tonjihi are going to the final of the women’s doubles table tennis match this is the first time in 21 years that a women’s pair will be going for gold nineteen-year-old shinubin and 30 year old chanjihi beat Japan’s miua harimoto and miyu kihara 4-1 in Monday semi-final
To secure their place in the final the South Korean pair lost the first set but won the remaining ones with Powerhouse China losing to Japan 3-1 in the quarterfinals pundit say this might be a good opportunity for South Korea to aim for gold the final match will be against North
Korea at 7 30 PM this evening this is the first South Korea versus North Korea match in a final at this year’s Asian Games and the first in 33 years since the men’s table tennis team claimed gold over North Korea in Beijing another achievement was reached by team
Korea this time in the men’s double kayak 500 meters final took second place with first place going to China team Korea also came in strong in roller skating with both women’s and men’s teams claiming silver medals in their respective speed skating 3000 meters relay races for three days in a row since roller
Skating matchups began on Saturday South Korea has been winning medals last but not least high jumper usan young moves on to the finals after jumping only once in the preliminary round on Monday who will aim for his first win at the Asian Games on Wednesday against rival mutas Essa barshim from Qatar
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