Judoka Wins Asian Games Gold After Honouring Dying Grandmother's Wish
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Judoka wins Asian Games gold after honouring dying grandmother's wish
The Olympic silver medallist, who was born to a Korean father and a Japanese mother and represented Japan until 2021, beat Mongolia's Ariunzaya Terbish to win the women's under-57kg final. Huh is the descendent of a Korean independence fighter from the Japanese colonial period and her grandmother's final wish was for her granddaughter to compete under the South Korean flag. Huh said it had been "a long and difficult journey" after winning gold i…
S. Korea's Huh Mimi wins gold in women's judo, 1st at 2026 Asian Games
NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea's Huh Mimi won the gold medal in the women's -57-kilogram judo event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, giving her country its first judo gold at the ongoing competition. Huh beat Terbish Ariunzaya of Mongolia by a yuko in the event's final held at Aichi International Arena in Nogoya, central Japan. She stood on the top of the podium in her first Asian Games appearance. It is South Korea's first judo gold medal at the o…
[OSEN=Nagoya (Japan), Reporter Park Jun-hyung] On the 1st, the women's 57kg judo final match between South Korea's Heo Mi-mi and Mongolia's Terbish Ariunjaya took place at the Aichi International Arena in Nagoya, Japan, for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Heo Mi-mi is a "Korean resident in Japan" born to a Korean father and a Japanese mother. Although she held dual citizenship, in 2021, her grandmother, who said, "I want to see you compete as…
A third-generation Zainichi Korean athlete, a descendant of a national independence activist, sang the national anthem after winning a gold medal at the Asian Games held in Japan. South Korea's top female judo athlete, Heo Mi-mi (24), won the gold medal in the women's 57kg final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Aichi International Stadium in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan on the 1st.
(Nagoya=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Kyung-yoon = Heo Mi-mi (Gyeongbuk Sports Association), a Korean resident in Japan and descendant of independence activist Heo Seok, will win a gold medal at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games...
Heo Mi-mi (Gyeongbuk Sports Association), the star of the Korean women's judo team, won a gold medal at the Asian Games.
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