[Asian Games] Today's Matches: Choi Injeong and Song Sera Aim for Women's ?p?e Team Gold

Hwang Sunwoo and Lee Hojun Compete in 200m Freestyle Swimming
Men's Soccer Team Faces Kyrgyzstan in Round of 16

Choi In-jeong and Song Se-ra, who faced each other in the women's individual ?p?e final, are joining forces for the team event gold medal.

The fencing events have completed the individual competitions over the past three days and will begin the team events from the 27th. South Korea secured three golds, two silvers, and one bronze across six individual events. On the first day of the team events, the gold medalists for women's ?p?e and men's foil will be decided.

On the 24th, Choi In-jeong (left) and Song Se-ra, who faced each other in the women's individual ?p?e final, joined forces on the 27th to aim for the team event gold medal.
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The women's ?p?e team, which previously won silver medals after losing to China in the last two Asian Games, is highly anticipated this time as they swept the women's individual ?p?e event. Kang Young-mi and Lee Hye-in join the team event. Kang Young-mi won the individual ?p?e gold at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games. Due to the restriction allowing only two athletes per country in the individual event this time, she is competing only in the team event. The men's foil team event starts at 10 a.m., and the women's ?p?e team event begins at 1 p.m. The finals will be held at 7 p.m. for men's foil and 8:05 p.m. for women's ?p?e team.

Swimmer Hwang Sun-woo, along with Lee Ho-jun, will challenge for two gold medals in their main event, the 200m freestyle. Hwang Sun-woo has so far earned one gold, one silver, and one bronze medal. On the 24th, he won bronze in the 100m freestyle, gold in the 800m freestyle relay on the 25th, and contributed to the silver medal by swimming the final leg in the mixed medley relay 400m, beating Japan.

In swimming, seven gold medalists will be decided starting from 8:30 p.m. The men's 200m freestyle final featuring Hwang Sun-woo and Lee Ho-jun is scheduled for 8:48 p.m.

Kim Seo-young, who won bronze in the women's 200m individual medley, will compete in the 100m butterfly and mixed medley relay 400m. The finals are scheduled for 8:30 p.m. and 9:57 p.m., respectively. Lee Eun-ji, who won bronze in the women's 200m backstroke the previous day, will challenge the 100m backstroke final at 9:13 p.m.

The men's soccer team, aiming for a third consecutive Asian Games championship, will play their round of 16 match against Kyrgyzstan at 8:30 p.m. in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China. Kyrgyzstan is ranked 96th by FIFA, far below South Korea's 26th. Although they finished second in Group F behind North Korea, who won all three matches, their record was only one win and two losses. While complacency must be avoided, strategies for the quarterfinals and beyond seem necessary, as they may face host nation China in the quarterfinals.

National Soccer Team Player Lee Kang-in [Photo by Yonhap News]

Judo will conclude its four-day schedule with the mixed team event. Quarterfinals and semifinals start at 11 a.m., followed by bronze medal matches and finals from 5 p.m. South Korea will face Kazakhstan in the quarterfinals.

Taekwondo will continue with three weight classes. Jin Ho-jun competes in men's 68kg, Park Woo-hyeok in men's 80kg, and Kim Jandi in women's 67kg. The round of 32 preliminaries begin at 10 a.m., with quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals following from 3 p.m.

Go team representatives Shin Jin-seo and Park Jeong-hwan, considered the most certain gold medal candidates in this competition, will enter the quarterfinals at 4 p.m. after completing the group stage. The semifinals and finals are scheduled for the 28th at 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., respectively.

The men's sepak takraw regu team will play the semifinals against Thailand at 10 a.m. If they win, the final will be held at 3 p.m. on the 29th.

The women's basketball team will play their first group stage match against Thailand at 2:30 p.m.

Both men's and women's 3x3 basketball teams will face Maldives in their group stage matches. The men's game is at 5:45 p.m., and the women's at 8 p.m.

The men's and women's handball teams will play their second group stage matches. The men's team faces Qatar at 5 p.m., and the women's team plays Thailand at 6 p.m. Both teams won their first matches decisively. The men's team defeated Hong Kong 32-14, and the women's team beat Uzbekistan 42-16.

The women's hockey team will also play their second group stage match against Hong Kong at 5 p.m. They secured a victory in their first match, defeating Hong Kong 4-0.

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