Ha Jee-min wins S. Korea's first gold in sailing at Asian Games

Published Oct 2, 2026 12:51 pm KST

South Korea's Ha Jee-min gives a thumbs-up before the final race of men's dinghy sailing at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor in Gamagori, some 50 kilometers southeast of the main host city of Nagoya, Japan, Friday. Yonhap

NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea's Ha Jee-min won his fourth Asian Games medal in men's sailing Friday.

Ha finished first in the men's dinghy event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor in Gamagori, some 50 kilometers southeast of the main host city of Nagoya.

It is his fourth Asian Games gold medal in the event, following one each at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 events. He won silver at the 2022 edition.

It is also South Korea's first sailing gold at the ongoing competition.

Halliday Nicholas Bezy of Hong Kong won silver, and Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy of Malaysia took bronze.

发布于2026年10月2日下午12:51（韩国标准时间）

周五，在距离日本主赛事举办地名古屋市东南约50公里的蒲郡海洋游艇港，韩国选手河智敏在2026年爱知-名古屋亚运会男子帆船决赛前竖起大拇指。（韩联社）

日本名古屋——韩国选手河智敏周五在男子帆船比赛中获得他的第四枚亚运会奖牌。

在 2026 年爱知-名古屋亚运会男子帆船比赛中，Ha 在位于名古屋东南约 50 公里处的蒲郡海阳游艇港获得第一名。

这是他第四次获得亚运会该项目的金牌，此前他分别在2010年、2014年和2018年获得过一枚金牌。他还在2022年亚运会上获得过银牌。

这也是韩国在本届比赛中获得的首枚帆船金牌。

香港选手哈利迪·尼古拉斯·贝齐 (Halliday Nicholas Bezy) 获得银牌，马来西亚选手凯鲁尼扎姆·莫哈德·阿芬迪 (Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy) 获得铜牌。