[Nagoya AG] South Korea Men's Rapid Fire Pistol Team Defeats China to Clinch Team Gold

Song Jongho, Lee Geonhyeok, and Yoon Seoyoung Combine for 1,749 Points
South Korea Reclaims Gold by Edging Out China, Who Finished with 1,740 Points
First Victory in 12 Years Since the 2014 Incheon Games

South Korea has added another gold medal in shooting at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

The South Korean men’s rapid fire pistol team, consisting of Song Jongho (IBK Industrial Bank of Korea), Lee Geonhyeok (Daegu Facilities Management Corporation), and Yoon Seoyoung (KB Kookmin Bank), scored a combined 1,749 points in the 25m rapid fire pistol team event held on October 1 at the Aichi Prefectural Shooting Range in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, surpassing China, which finished second with 1,740 points. Indonesia placed third with 1,720 points.

South Korean male shooter Yoon Seoyoung is shooting in the 25m rapid fire pistol team event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held on the 1st at the Aichi Prefectural Shooting Range in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Toyota=Yonhap News Agency

This marks the first time in 12 years that South Korea has won this event at the Asian Games, with their previous victory dating back to the 2014 Incheon Games. Back then, the South Korean rapid fire pistol team clinched both the individual (Kim Junhong) and team (Kim Junhong, Jang Daegyu, Song Jongho) titles. After failing to capture a gold medal the previous day, South Korea now brings its total number of gold medals at this event to 25, thanks to its second gold in shooting.

In the team shooting event, the rankings are determined by summing the scores of each participating athlete from the qualification rounds.

On the first day of the rapid fire pistol preliminary rounds, the team scored a combined 873 points, starting out three points ahead of China, which posted 870 points. On the second day, the South Korean shooters continued their strong performance. In this round, which was organized in reverse order of the previous day’s scores, Song Jongho, competing in Group 5, shot an impressive 292 points out of a possible 300, widening the gap with China. Yoon Seoyoung posted a slightly shaky 288 points, but Lee Geonhyeok delivered a high score of 296 points.

Based on their qualification scores, Lee Geonhyeok (588 points, second place) and Yoon Seoyoung (581 points, third place) advanced to the individual final, which features the top eight shooters. Although Song Jongho finished fourth with 580 points, he was unable to compete in the final because only two shooters per country are allowed, so the berth was awarded to ninth-place finisher Anish (India).

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