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An beat North Korea's Jong Se-ri 3-0 in the quarterfinals of the women's -61 kilogram kumite event held at the Toyohashi Gymnasium in Toyohashi, some 70 kilometers southeast of the main host city Nagoya, Japan. In kumite, two competitors attack each other to score points, with the fighter who scores more points declared the winner. An advanced to the semifinals, where she lost to Gong Li of China 8-0. Jong is one of the two Korean residents of Japan competing at the Asian Games under the North Korean flag. Ri Song-a is the other, playing on the North Korean women's football team. The bout between An and Jong was the first all-Korean showdown at the Asian Games, which officially began Saturday. Later in the day, the two Korean women's football teams began their final preliminary-round match at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa in Fukuroi, about 104 kilometers east of Nagoya.  (South Korea's An Jeong-eun (R) and North Korea's Jong Se-ri perform during the quarterfinals of the women's -61kg karate kumite event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Toyohashi Gymnasium in Toyohashi, Japan, on Sept. 21, 2026, in this Reuters photo. (Yonhap))    South Korea's An Jeong-eun (R) and North Korea's Jong Se-ri perform during the quarterfinals of the women's -61kg karate kumite event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Toyohashi Gymnasium in Toyohashi, Japan, on Sept. 21, 2026, in this Reuters photo. 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