Korean diver Kim Su-ji said she wants gold at this year’s Asian Games in Japan after earning only bronze medals in her past three appearances. Kim Yeong-nam is also chasing his first Asian Games gold after four silvers and one bronze in previous competitions. Both divers are trying to challenge China’s long sweep of every Asian Games diving gold since 1974.
Korean diver Kim Su-ji speaks during a press conference with the national swimming team for the Asian Games at the Jincheon National Training Center in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, Tuesday. Yonhap
JINCHEON — Korean diver Kim Su-ji has won nothing but bronze medals in her Asian Games career — one in 2018 and two more in 2023.
The 28-year-old would love some medals of a different color at this year's competition in Japan.
"Obviously, I always want to win gold medals, because I have won enough bronze medals already," Kim said Tuesday at a joint national swimming team press conference at the Jincheon National Training Center in Jincheon, 85 kilometers south of Seoul. "I want to be able to enjoy the competition, too."
