Toyota:South Korea South Korea secured a silver medal and a bronze medal in team shooting events at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. These achievements increased the country's total medal count in the sport to eight.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Choo Ga-eun and Hong Su-hyeon claimed silver in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event with 478 points at the Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota. This marked Choo's third medal of the Asiad, adding to her earlier gold in the women's 10m air pistol individual event and silver in the 10m air pistol team event. For Hong, it was her first Asian Games medal.
At the same venue, the South Korean team earned a bronze medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions event with a total score of 1,751 points, trailing China by 15 points. The team scores were based on the combined results of three shooters in their individual qualifications. Joung Seung-woo led the team with 592 points, the second-highest score in the individual qualification, while teammates Park Sung-hyun and Gwon Hyeop-jun contributed 580 and 579 points, respectively. Joung is set to compete for an individual medal in the finals later.
In the 10m air pistol mixed team final, the Indian pair of Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet set a new Asian continental record with 484.6 points. Iran's Haniyeh Rostamiyan and Vahid Golkhandan secured the bronze with 415.8 points. The event consisted of two stages, with shooters taking 15 shots each in Stage 1, followed by three shots each in Stage 2. South Korea initially ranked second with 300.2 points, behind India's 303.5 points.
India maintained their lead throughout Stage 2, finishing with 364.7 points, while South Korea followed at 358.9 points. Despite a strong effort, South Korea was unable to overcome the gap, trailing India by 6.6 points at the end of the competition.