(LEAD)(Asiad) S. Korea sweeps four golds in sailing

All News 18:37 September 30, 2014

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INCHEON, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea grabbed four sailing golds and one bronze medal at the Incheon Asian Games Tuesday, showing off its prowess in the sport.

The 13-year-old skipper, Park Sung-bin, earned 27 net points after discarding 16 penalized points in the men's optimist race held at Wangsan Sailing Marina in this port city, becoming South Korea's youngest gold medalist.

After 11 races in seven days, Park outpaced Malaysia's Muhammad Dhiauddin Bin Rozaini with 31 penalties. Suthon Yampinid of Thailand took bronze with 36 penalties.

(LEAD)(Asiad) S. Korea sweeps four golds in sailing - 2

Ha Jee-min also won the gold for South Korea in the men's laser race held at the same venue, successfully defending his Asiad title. The 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games gold medalist in the same event received 17 penalties after 12 races over seven days.

The silver went to Malaysia's Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy with 23 penalties and the bronze to Singapore's Cheng Xinru Colin with 31 penalties.

In the men's 470 two-person dinghy event, the host country's duo of Kim Chang-ju and Kim Ji-hoon claimed gold, after gaining 24 penalties in 12 races, edging out Japan's Kazuto Doi and Kimihiko Imamura by one notch.

China's Lan Hao and Wang Chao earned the bronze medal with 35 penalties.

Another men's duo of Kim Keun-soo and Song Min-jae won the gold medal in the hobie-16 open multihull category. The pair received 18 penalties after 12 races, six less than Thai brothers Damrongsak and Kitsada Vongtim.

Tong Yui Shing and Tong Kit Fong of Hong Kong took bronze with 27 penalties.

In the women's 420 two-person dinghy event, the duo of Lee Na-kyung and Choi Seo-eun grabbed the bronze, trailing Singapore's Lim Min Kimberly and Siew Kiah Hui Savannah, and Malaysia's Sallahuddin Umi Norwahida Binti and Jamil Nuraisyah Binti.