By <font color="#0070c0">Kim Eun-young</font> and <font color="#0070c0">Kim Min-Jeung </font>

Adding five more gold medals to its tally today, in gymnastics, taekwondo, fencing and shooting, Team Korea continues to maintain its third place on the medals table at the 2018 Asian Games, following China and Japan. Korea now has 16 gold medals, 20 silver medals and 27 bronze medals.

Korea’s rising star gymnast Yeo Seojeong won a gold medal in the women's vault, a first in 32 years. Being the daughter of Yeo Hong-chul, who won the Asian Games gold medals in the men’s vault in 1994 and 1998, the father and daughter have now set a record by winning gold medals at the Asian Games.

Taekwondo superstar Lee Daehoon grabbed a gold medal in the men's 68 kg final match, becoming the first person to win three straight taekwondo gold medals at the Asian Games. Fencer Gu Bongil harvested two straight gold medals in the men’s individual and the team saber.

Please find below Day 6 results.

Gymnastics
― Men's vault final, Kim Hansol wins gold medal
― Women's vault final, Yeo Seojeong wins gold medal

Taekwondo
― Men's 68 kg final match, Lee Daehoon wins gold medal

Fencing
―Men’s team saber, Gu Bongil, Kim Junghwan, Kim Junho and Oh Sanguk win gold medal

Shooting
― Men's double trap, Shin Hyunwoo wins gold medal

Football
― Team Korea advances to the quarterfinal with a 2-0 win over Iran in the Round of 16

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