N. Korea adds wrestling gold, while S. Korea settles for silver

South Korean wrestler leaves the arena after losing to Bekzod Abdurakhmonov of Uzbekistan 7-2 to bag silver in the men's 70kg freestyle final at the Dowon Gymnasium, Saturday.

North Korea's Jong Hak-jin claimed the gold in the men's 57㎏ freestyle wrestling on Saturday, winning the first gold medal up for grabs in the sport at the Incheon Asian Games.

Jong beat Rassul Kaliyev of Kazakhstan 8-6 in the final at Dowon Gymnasium.

South Korea's Yun Jun-sik and Mongolia's Batbold Nomin shared bronze in the weight class.

In the men's 70㎏ freestyle final, meanwhile, South Korea's Oh Man-ho lost to Bekzod Abdurakhmonov of Uzbekistan 7-2 to gain silver.

Oh edged out North Korea's Jang Myong-song in the semis but failed to overcome the Uzbek, who finished third in the world wrestling championships earlier this month, in the gold-medal competition.

Kim Ji-song of North Korea also added a gold medal in the men's 10m running target mixed shooting event at the Asian Games on Saturday.

Kim scored 384 points to nip Zhai Yujia by a single point for the North's first gold medal in shooting here. South Korea's Jeong You-jin got the bronze with 381 points.

The single morning session determined both the individual and team medal winners in the 10ｍ running target mixed event. Kim Ji-song helped North Korea to the team silver medal. (Yonhap)