Kwak Min-joo secured a bronze medal in her first-ever Asian Games appearance.
On October 2, at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Toyohashi General Gymnasium in Japan, Kwak lost to Uzbekistan's Ozoda Sobirjonova in the semifinals of the women's 67kg taekwondo category, with a round score of 0-2 (3-13, 2-21).
As a result, Kwak earned a bronze medal. In this tournament, both semifinal losers are awarded bronze medals without a separate bronze medal match.
Additionally, this marks the first time South Korea has won a medal in this weight class since Kim Jan-di took silver at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, an eight-year gap.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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