What medals did Lee Joon-hwan and Huh Mimi win at the Olympics before the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games?

Lee Joon-hwan won bronze in the men’s -81 kilograms, and Huh Mimi won silver in the women’s -57kg at the 2024 Olympics. Lee also finished second at the previous Asian Games in 2023.

When does the taekwondo competition start at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, and who is a medal threat?

The taekwondo competition begins Thursday with poomsae, a non-contact pattern demonstration discipline of taekwondo. Yun Kyu-sung is considered a gold medal threat in the men’s individual poomsae event at Toyohashi Gymnasium.

Who will South Korea’s men’s field hockey team play in the Asian Games semifinals, and what is the team’s recent history in the event?

South Korea will face Malaysia in the semifinals at 7 p.m. at Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium. The team has not reached the final since winning gold in 2006 and took bronze in the next four editions of the Asian Games.

Judo Olympic medalists go for 1st Asian Games titles; taekwondo competition to begin

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Summary

A pair of Olympic medalists in judo will chase their first Asian Games gold medals on Thursday in Nagoya, Japan. Lee Joon-hwan will compete in the men’s -81 kilograms and Huh Mimi in the women’s -57kg at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. The taekwondo competition will begin the same day with poomsae, and South Korea’s men’s field hockey team will play Malaysia in the semifinals.

Key Facts

Lee Joon-hwan is the 2024 Olympic bronze medalist in his weight class, while Huh Mimi won silver at the same Olympics.
Lee took silver at the previous Asian Games in 2023, and Huh is making her first Asian Games appearance.
Yun Kyu-sung is considered a gold medal threat in the men’s individual poomsae event at Toyohashi Gymnasium.
South Korea’s men’s field hockey team has not reached the Asian Games final since winning gold in 2006 and has collected two bronze medals in the next four editions.

By Yonhap

Published Oct 1, 2026 7:24 am KST

South Korean judoka Lee Joon-hwan attends the national team's press conference at the Jincheon National Training Center in Jincheon, Sept. 9, 2026. Yonhap

NAGOYA, Japan — A pair of Olympic medalists in judo will each chase their first Asian Games gold medals on Thursday.

Lee Joon-hwan will compete in the men's -81 kilograms, and Huh Mimi will do so in the women's -57kg on Day 2 of judo at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Aichi International Arena in Nagoya.

Lee is the 2024 Olympic bronze medalist in his weight class, while Huh, a Japanese native and a descendant of a Korean independence fighter, got silver in her division at the same Olympics.

Lee took silver at the previous Asian Games in 2023. This is Huh's first Asian Games appearance.

The taekwondo competition will begin Thursday with poomsae, a non-contact, pattern demonstration discipline of the traditional Korean martial art.

Yun Kyu-sung is considered a gold medal threat in the men's individual poomsae event at Toyohashi Gymnasium in Toyohashi, some 85 kilometers southeast of the main host city, Nagoya.

Elsewhere on Thursday, the men's field hockey team will play Malaysia in the semifinals at 7 p.m. Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium in Gifu, just north of Nagoya.

South Korea has not been to the men's field hockey final since winning gold in 2006 -- having won two bronze medals over the next four editions of the Asian Games.

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