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S. Korea Wins Gold in Men's Street Skateboarding at Asian Games

Summary by The Korea Times
South Korea's 17-year-old skateboarder Kang Jun-i won the gold medal in the men's street event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday, becoming the first South Korean to win an Asiad title in skateboarding. Kang scored 180.85 points in the event's final at Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, some 35 kilometers south of the main host city of Nagoya, Japan. He edged out two Japanese skateboarders, Toa Sasaki and Ginwoo Onodera, who earned 172.35 and 16…

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South Korean national skateboarder Kang Jun-i (17, Seoul Yeongdeungpo High School) won the first-ever Asian Games gold medal in Korean skateboarding history. On the 27th, Kang Jun-i proudly took first place (180.85 points) in the men's street skateboarding final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Aichi Sky Expo Hall in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

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High school student Kang Jun-i wins first-ever gold medal in skateboarding history. Kang Jun-i (18), a member of the South Korean national skateboarding team from Yeongdeungpo High School in Seoul, won the first-ever Asian Games gold medal in Korean skateboarding history. On the 27th, at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games skate... held at the Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

(Tokoname [Japan] = Yonhap News) Reporter Oh Myeong-eon = National skateboarder Kang Jun-i (17, Seoul Yeongdeungpo High School) won the first Asian Games gold medal in Korean skateboarding history...

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South Korean national skateboarder Kang Jun-i (17, Seoul Yeongdeungpo High School) has won the first Asian Games gold medal in Korean skateboarding history. On the 27th, Kang Jun-i proudly took first place in the men's street skateboarding final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, held at the Aichi Sky Expo Hall in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and stood on the highest step of the podium. This is the first time a Korean athlete has won a gold medal…

South Korean national skateboarder Kang Jun-i (17, Seoul Yeongdeungpo High School) won the first gold medal in Korean skateboarding history at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Sunday, September 27, 2026.
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