Lim Cheon-kyu (left) and Hwang Dong-kyu
"I'm grateful that (Hwang) Dong-tong got his revenge, and I'm glad Korea won the gold."
"(Lim) Chun-gyu asked me to take revenge, but I think I played comfortably and won the gold medal."
After winning gold and bronze medals at the Hangzhou 2022 Para Asian Games, South Korean lawn bowlers Hwang Dong-gi (Sport Class B6 - Jeonnam Lawn Bowl Federation) and Lim Cheon-gyu (Sport Class B6 - Busan Lawn Bowl Federation) held each other's hands and smiled broadly.
Hwang Dong-ki won his first Para-Asian Games gold medal after defeating China's Xu Yongkang 13-11 in the men's singles final of the event at the Wenhui School Lawn Bowl Stadium in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on Friday.
Lim Cheon-gyu defeated Hong Kong's Wee Tzu-yang 18-9 in the singles bronze medal match at the same time.
Hwang Dong-gi, the elder brother of Lim Chun-gyu, couldn't have been happier with his victory.
His final opponent, Xu Yongkang, was Lim's only loss in the group stage.
Because of this loss, Hwang Dong-ki and Lim Cheon-kyu faced each other in the semifinals, and after a bloody battle that went into overtime, the older brother advanced to the final to face Xu Yong-kang instead of his younger brother.
"After the semifinals, Chunkyu said, 'I want you to get revenge,' and I think I got it because I was relaxed," Hwang laughed.
Lim Cheon-kyu, who lost back-to-back tournaments in Incheon 2014 and Indonesia 2018, said, "I was greedy for a third consecutive title, but luckily it wasn't taken by another country. I'm very grateful to my brother," he said.
Hwang Dong-ki, born in 1968, is four years older than Lim Cheon-gyu.
The evening before the semifinals, they had dinner together.
One of them would make it to the final and win gold, while the other would have to settle for bronze.
As training partners, they already knew each other "too well," so they decided to play "no pressure" and "whoever (the ball) goes in well will go to the final. 카지노사이트존
