Choe Byeong-Kwang Wins Race Walk Bronze for S. Korea's 1st Athletics Medal in Nagoya
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Choe Byeong-kwang wins race walk bronze for S. Korea's 1st athletics medal in Nagoya
NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea picked up its first athletics medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, as Choe Byeong-kwang took bronze in the men's half marathon race walk. Choe finished third with a time of 1:28:35 at Aichi-Nagoya Race Walking Course in Nagoya, central Japan. Shi Shengji of China won the gold medal in 1:23:32, and Toshikazu Yamanishi of Japan claimed silver in 1:28:01. This was Choe's fourth Asian Games appearance but h…
(Nagoya = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Kyung-yoon = South Korea's top race walker Choi Byung-kwang (35, Samsung Electronics) won a bronze medal at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Choi Byung-kwang won a bronze medal in the men's race walking event at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games with a time of 1 hour, 28 minutes, and 35 seconds. This marks the first individual medal won after four attempts since the 2014 Incheon Games, and is the first achievement for Korean race walking in 12 years, signaling a positive start for athletics.
Choi Byung-kwang became the first athlete to win a medal in athletics for South Korea at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. On the 23rd, Choi won the bronze medal in the men's half-marathon race walking held on a road course in Nagoya, Japan, recording a time of 1 hour 28 minutes and 35 seconds. This placed him third, behind China's Shi Shengzhi (1 hour 23 minutes and 32 seconds) and Japan's Toshikazu Yamanishi (1 hour 28 minutes and 01 seconds)…
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