Let's give you the latest from the 2018 Asian Games.
South Korean athletes added three more golds to the country's medal tally on Day THREE of the Games... which helped them to stay third in the medal standings... but still behind its biggest rivals, China and Japan.
Won Jung-hwan reports.
Just like Day 2 of the Games,... South Korea added three more golds to their medal haul on Day 3 -- one each in taekwondo, fencing and wrestling.
Greco-Roman wrestler Ryu Han-su defended his Asian Games title on Tuesday,… winning gold in the men's 67-kilogram event in Jakarta.
Ryu beat his Kazakh opponent by a point in the final to seal his second Asiad victory,... following his podium-topping performance in Incheon four years ago.
Speaking to reporters after his victory, the 30-year-old said his next target is grabbing gold at the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
South Korea's taekwondo and fencing squads continued to do the country proud on Tuesday.
Taekwondo fighter Lee Da-bin won the gold medal in the women's over-67 kilogram kyorugi competition.
Lee defeated ( ) Deniz Cansel of Kazakhstan 27-to-21 in the final,… making her a two-time Asiad champion.
Lee won gold in the women's 62-kilogram category in 2014, but decided to compete in a heavier weight class this year.
Fencer Kang Young-mi captured gold in the women's individual epee on Tuesday, giving the country its third gold medal in the sport.
Kang, the world number 6, defeated the fifth-ranked Sun Yiwen of China in the final to win her first Asian Games gold medal.
Kang becomes the first South Korean champion in the women's individual epee since Park Se-ra in 2006.
Elsewhere on Day 3, South Korea picked up two more medals in the pool, as rising stars Kim Seo-yeong and An Se-hyeon won silver and bronze, respectively.
Kim finished second in the women's 400 meter individual medley, while An finished third in the women's 100 meter butterfly.
South Korea, despite missing its biggest swimming star, Park Tae-hwan, has already won four medals in the sport after just three days.
South Korea, which is aiming for 65 golds, has captured eight gold, twelve silver and 14 bronze medals so far to rank third overall in the medal standings, behind China and Japan.
Won Jung-hwan, Arirang News.
