Striker Hwang Ui-jo rejoices after scoring against Bahrain in the men’s football preliminary Group E match at the Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang, at the Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung, Indonesia, on Aug. 15. (Yonhap News)
By Hahm Hee-eun
Team Korea has taken its first steps toward gold at the Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang. Starting off with its first victory in men’s handball against Pakistan on Aug. 13, victories followed by the men’s basketball team, the women’s handball team, the men’s football team and the women’s unified Korean basketball team.
― Men’s Basketball 5x5 Preliminary Group A: Korea defeats Indonesia, 104-65
Ra Gun-ah, also known as Ricardo Ratliffe, the first naturalized player of non-Korean descent on the national team, becomes the best-performing player.
― Women’s Handball Preliminary Group A: Korea defeats North Korea, 39-22
Spectators with T-shirts that say "One Dream, One Korea" fill the stands for the first match between the two Koreas.
― Men’s Football Preliminary Group E: Korea defeats Bahrain, 6-0
Striker Hwang Ui-jo scores a hat trick and goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo shows excellent blocking.
― Women’s Basketball 5x5 Preliminary Group X: Unified Korea defeats Indonesia, 108-40
North Korean center Ro Suk Yong scores 22 points and gets 8 rebounds.
hehahm@korea.kr