History has made as unified Korean canoeing team wins gold in dragon boat racing
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Let's give you the latest from Jakarta and Palembang -- the host cities for the 2018 Asian Games.
History was made on Sunday,… as a unified Korean team -- athletes from the North and South working together -- grabbed a gold in their event.
As for South Korea,... the country remains in third in the medal standings,... behind China and Japan
Won Jung-hwan reports.
The unified Korean canoeing team continued its historic run at the Asian Games on Sunday,... winning gold in the women's 500-meter dragon boat racing event.
The 16-member team clocked a time of 2-minutes-24-seconds,… beating China by a third of a second.
It was the second medal won by a joint Korean team at an international multi-sport competition,… following the bronze medal the women's team won in the 200-meter dragon boat event the day before.
"Arirang," Korea's most popular folk song, played as the unification flag was raised high during the medal ceremony.
The medal won't count to either South or North Korea in the Asian Games medal standings.
Instead, it was awarded to "Korea."
Previously, unified Korean teams won gold medals in the women's team event at the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships and in mixed doubles at the 2018 International Table Tennis Korea Open.
But Sunday's victory marks the first time they joined forces to win gold at a multi-sport competition.
Another gold medal for South Korea came from the track on Sunday, as Jung Hye-lim won the women's 100-meter hurdles.
Jung finished first in a time of 13-point-2 seconds,… zero-point-one-three seconds ahead of the runner-up.
While Jung's medal is the country's first athletics gold in Jakarta,… it holds extra meaning as Team Korea failed to win any gold medals in track and field events at the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon.
South Korea's other gold of the day came in sports climbing.
Chon Jong-won won gold in the men's combined sport climbing event.
However, a disappointing lost for South Korea in baseball.
The two-time defending champions started their campaign with a 2-1 loss to Chinese Taipei on Sunday.
The national baseball team had only six hits against three amateur pitchers from the Taiwanese industrial league.
South Korea's next game is against the host nation, Indonesia.
The action gets underway on Monday evening at 8:30 PM, Korea time.
Won Jung-hwan, Arirang News.
History was made on Sunday,… as a unified Korean team -- athletes from the North and South working together -- grabbed a gold in their event.
As for South Korea,... the country remains in third in the medal standings,... behind China and Japan
Won Jung-hwan reports.
The unified Korean canoeing team continued its historic run at the Asian Games on Sunday,... winning gold in the women's 500-meter dragon boat racing event.
The 16-member team clocked a time of 2-minutes-24-seconds,… beating China by a third of a second.
It was the second medal won by a joint Korean team at an international multi-sport competition,… following the bronze medal the women's team won in the 200-meter dragon boat event the day before.
"Arirang," Korea's most popular folk song, played as the unification flag was raised high during the medal ceremony.
The medal won't count to either South or North Korea in the Asian Games medal standings.
Instead, it was awarded to "Korea."
Previously, unified Korean teams won gold medals in the women's team event at the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships and in mixed doubles at the 2018 International Table Tennis Korea Open.
But Sunday's victory marks the first time they joined forces to win gold at a multi-sport competition.
Another gold medal for South Korea came from the track on Sunday, as Jung Hye-lim won the women's 100-meter hurdles.
Jung finished first in a time of 13-point-2 seconds,… zero-point-one-three seconds ahead of the runner-up.
While Jung's medal is the country's first athletics gold in Jakarta,… it holds extra meaning as Team Korea failed to win any gold medals in track and field events at the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon.
South Korea's other gold of the day came in sports climbing.
Chon Jong-won won gold in the men's combined sport climbing event.
However, a disappointing lost for South Korea in baseball.
The two-time defending champions started their campaign with a 2-1 loss to Chinese Taipei on Sunday.
The national baseball team had only six hits against three amateur pitchers from the Taiwanese industrial league.
South Korea's next game is against the host nation, Indonesia.
The action gets underway on Monday evening at 8:30 PM, Korea time.
Won Jung-hwan, Arirang News.