Heo Mi-mi of South Korea celebrates after defeating Uzbekistan's Shukurjon Aminova in the women's -57kg semifinal at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Aichi International Arena in Nagoya, Japan, on Thursday. [Yonhap]
Heo Mi-mi of South Korea celebrates after defeating Uzbekistan's Shukurjon Aminova in the women's -57kg semifinal at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Aichi International Arena in Nagoya, Japan, on Thursday. [Yonhap]

Heo Mi-mi, a descendant of an independence movement activist, won the gold medal in the women's judo -57kg event.


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