South Korea's shooting team of Chuga-eun and Hong Soo-hyun won a silver medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. This marks Chuga-eun's third medal of the tournament, while Hong Soo-hyun earned her first Asian Games medal after finishing fourth in the men's individual event the previous day.
On September 25, at the Aichi Prefectural Comprehensive Shooting Range in Japan, the duo scored 478.0 points, placing second behind India, which scored 484.6 points.
South Korea competed strongly from the start of the finals. They recorded 98.1 points in the first 10 shots, trailing India, which scored 103.0 points. By the 20-shot mark, they had accumulated 201.2 points, closing the gap to just 1.2 points behind India, which had 202.4 points.
After 30 shots, India extended its lead while South Korea faced pressure from Iran. In the final single shots, Hong Soo-hyun's scores fluctuated, narrowing the gap, but South Korea secured at least a silver medal with a total of 416.5 points, edging out Iran by 0.7 points.
As they entered the gold medal competition, South Korea continued to chase India. Hong Soo-hyun scored 10.9 points, and Chuga-eun followed with 10.8 points, further reducing the deficit. However, they could not overcome the earlier score difference.
South Korea confirmed the silver medal with a final score of 478.0 points. India took the gold with 484.6 points, while Iran claimed the bronze with 415.8 points.
Chuga-eun has now won three medals at this tournament, including one gold and two silvers. She previously won gold in the women's 10m air pistol individual event with a score of 246.3 points and also contributed to a silver medal in the team event alongside Oh Ye-jin and Kim Bo-mi. This gold medal is the first for South Korea in the women's 10m air pistol event at the Asian Games in 16 years, since Kim Yoon-mi's victory in the 2010 Guangzhou Games.
For Hong Soo-hyun, this silver medal is her first at the Asian Games. After finishing fourth in the men's 10m air pistol finals with a score of 198.4 points, she redeemed herself by winning a medal in the mixed team event the following day.
South Korea has now secured medals in this event for three consecutive tournaments, following a silver medal at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games and a bronze at the 2022 Hangzhou Games. This silver medal marks the first for South Korea in this event in eight years.
On the same day, South Korea also added a bronze medal in the men's 50m rifle three positions team event.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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