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Team Korea wins 7 gold medals on Day 7

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Let's give you the latest from Jakarta and Palembang -- the host cities for the 2018 Asian Games.<br />South Korea had a "Golden Friday" in Indonesia,... adding another seven gold medals to its tally.<br />Won Jung-hwan reports.<br /><br />Seven gold medals for South Korea on Day 7 of the Asian Games.<br />The day's first gold came in rowing.<br />Park Hyun-su captured the lightweight men's single sculls title in a time of seven minutes 12-point-eight-six seconds. <br />Dominating the event,... Park finished more than a minute ahead of the runner up. <br />It was South Korea's first gold medal in rowing at this year's Asian Games,… following the three silvers and one bronze collected the previous day. <br /><br />In the afternoon, cyclist Na Ah-reum made history with her gold medal winning performance in the women's individual time trial. <br />She won a very tight race,.. beating her closest rival by less than a fifth of a second after the 18-point-seven kilometer race.<br />Na is fast making a name for herself after becoming the first cyclist in Asian Games history to win both the road event and the time trial in the same year. <br />She also became South Korea's second double gold medalist at this year's Asian Games,… joining male sabre fencer Gu Bon-gil.<br /><br />In the pool, swimmer Kim Seo-yeong was crowned queen of the women's 200-meter individual medley, with an Asian Games record of two-minutes-eight-point-three-four seconds. <br />Kim's victory was South Korea's first Asiad swimming gold medal since 2010, when Park Tae-hwan and Jeong Da-rae won golds at Guangzhou. <br /><br />The fencing competition ended on Friday with South Korea winning the very last title, the men's team foil. <br />They defeated Hong Kong 45-to-37,… capturing South Korea's first Asiad gold in this event since 1994.<br />South Korea, which aimed to win eight gold medals in fencing,... ended with six golds, three silvers and six bronze medals.<br /><br />Over at Palembang, the co-host city,… South Korea won two gold medals in shooting. <br />Choi Young-jeon became the inaugural champion of the men's 300-meter standard rifle event. <br />Jeong You-jin won gold in the men's ten-meter running target event. <br />Also in Palembang, the women's bowling team won gold in the Team of Six event. The South Korean team beat Malaysia by nearly 190 points. <br />Won Jung-hwan, Arirang News. <br />

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