Tag: gold medal

NEW DELHI: South Korean rollerskater Jung Cheol-won experienced a sportsman's nightmare as he celebrated prematurely, costing his country a gold medal at the Asian Games. Jung was anchoring his three-man team in the men's 3,000m relay final when he committed a grave error of judgment.Believing he had comfortably outpaced his competitor, Huang Yu-lin of Taiwan, Jung eased up and raised his arms in celebration. However, to his shock, Huang Yu-lin lunged across the finish line first, winning by a mere one hundredth of a second with a time...