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Written: 2002-10-02 00:00:00Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

South Korean judoists have added three more gold medals and another gold medal was produced by a female cyclist in individual road race during the Busan Asiad Wednesday. Choi Yong-shin won the first gold medal in men's 73 kg class judo event by defeating Ganamaru of Japan, followed by Kim Hyung-ju, who also won a gold in 66 kg class judo against Nurumo Hamedo of Kazakhstan. In women's 52kg class judo, Yi Eun-hee clinched the gold by out-duelling Shien Dongmei of China. South Korea's female cyclist Kim Yong-me won a gold medal in the individual road race with a time of 2 hours, 47 minutes, and 19 seconds. The three-man Chinese team dominated their Korean opponents to win the Asiad gold in the men's team foil competition Wednesday. The Chinese team easily downed the Koreans 45-38 at Gangseo Gymnasim in Busan. In men's epee team event, South Korea defeated Kuwait, grabbing bronze medal and South Korea's Park Un-kyong claimed the country's first shooting medal of these Asian Games by winning bronze with a score of 500.6 in the 10 meter air rifle event. As of Wednesday afternoon, Korea secured the third place in overall medal standing by winning 10 golds, 12 silvers and 17 silvers.

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