Unified Korea women's basketball team goes to final
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The two Koreas are looking mighty together as the unified women's basketball squad cruises to the finals after trouncing Taiwan.
But looking at the big picture, we are still short of reaching our Asian Games goal of finishing better than second place in the medal race.
Seo Bo-bin has highlights and much more.
The Unified Korea team has secured a spot in the Asian Games women's basketball final after beating Taiwan by 89 to 66 on Thursday.
Team Korea had lost to Taiwan in the preliminary round, but was more dominant in the crucial semifinal match.
South Korea's WNBA player Park Ji-su, showed her presence with 10 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Team Korea will face the winner of the other semifinal between Japan and China in the final on Saturday.
Over in kayak event, South Korean kayak star Lee Sun-ja won a bronze medal in the women's 500-meter singles tournament on Thursday.
Lee Sun-ja is Korea's strongest kayaker with 12 consecutive wins in the national sports tournament between 2002 and 2011.
In athletics, Joo Hyun-myeong won bronze in the men's 50km walk event. The South Korean finished in 4-hours-10 minutes-21 seconds, overtaking his Japanese rival with just 5 kilometers to go to finish third.
It's the second games in a row that South Korea has won a medal in this event.
There are still more events lined up later on Thursday with the women's handball finals at 8:00PM Korea time, women's 10-meter platform diving at 9:15PM, and men's 1500-meter final at 9:35PM.
Seo Bo-bin, Arirang News.
The two Koreas are looking mighty together as the unified women's basketball squad cruises to the finals after trouncing Taiwan.
But looking at the big picture, we are still short of reaching our Asian Games goal of finishing better than second place in the medal race.
Seo Bo-bin has highlights and much more.
The Unified Korea team has secured a spot in the Asian Games women's basketball final after beating Taiwan by 89 to 66 on Thursday.
Team Korea had lost to Taiwan in the preliminary round, but was more dominant in the crucial semifinal match.
South Korea's WNBA player Park Ji-su, showed her presence with 10 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Team Korea will face the winner of the other semifinal between Japan and China in the final on Saturday.
Over in kayak event, South Korean kayak star Lee Sun-ja won a bronze medal in the women's 500-meter singles tournament on Thursday.
Lee Sun-ja is Korea's strongest kayaker with 12 consecutive wins in the national sports tournament between 2002 and 2011.
In athletics, Joo Hyun-myeong won bronze in the men's 50km walk event. The South Korean finished in 4-hours-10 minutes-21 seconds, overtaking his Japanese rival with just 5 kilometers to go to finish third.
It's the second games in a row that South Korea has won a medal in this event.
There are still more events lined up later on Thursday with the women's handball finals at 8:00PM Korea time, women's 10-meter platform diving at 9:15PM, and men's 1500-meter final at 9:35PM.
Seo Bo-bin, Arirang News.