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Wushu's Lee Ha-sung wins S. Korea's first gold in Incheon

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  • Published Sep 20, 2014 10:22 am KST
  • Updated Sep 20, 2014 10:22 am KST

Lee Ha-sung in wushu captured South Korea's first gold medal at the ongoing Incheon Asian Games on Saturday.

Competing in the men's changquan final, Lee scored 9.71 points for the host's first gold medal at Ganghwa Dolmens Gymnasium in the western port city. Jia Rui of Macau was the silver medalist with 9.69 points. Daisuke Ichikizaki of Japan got the bronze with 9.67 points.

Lee earned 5.00 points in quality of management, 2.71 points in overall performance and 2.00 in degree of difficulty.

This was South Korea's first wushu gold in an Asiad since 2002.