South Korean teen shooting prodigy Kim Cheong-yong outgunned Olympic and world champions Sunday to become the first athlete to pick up two gold medals at the Incheon Asian Games.

On the second day of full competition, Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino stole the show in the 200-meter freestyle final, beating China’s Olympic champion Sun Yang and South Korea’s Park Tae-hwan.

In weightlifting, four players including two North Koreans broke world records over the weekend.

Kim, the 17-year-old shooter, won golds in individual and team competitions in the men’s 10-meter air pistol.

“Winning the Asiad title is really a dream come true. It was some luck and the blessings of all Koreans that saw me through,” Kim, a high school student, told a news conference after he beat a star-studded field in the eight-man final.

“There is still a lot to learn from the senior shooters. I just try and follow their advice and watch how they train.”

Kim first came to public attention when he finished second at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing in August.

In the individual match, Kim’s hero, South Korea’s Olympic and world champion Jin Jong-oh, was relegated to third place behind former Olympic gold medalist Pang Wei of China.

Kim finished with a score of 201.2, nearly two points clear of Pang’s 199.3 and way ahead of Jin’s tally of 179.3. Defending champion Lee Daem-yung from South Korea finished 13th in qualifying and failed to make the final.

Earlier in the day, the Korean trio helped the hosts retain the team gold. China claimed the silver, beating India by one point on the count of inner 10s after both teams were level at 1,743.

In a highly anticipated swimming showdown between Sun and Park, Japan’s Hagino won the gold in 1:45.23. Sun came in second at 1:45.28 and Park won bronze in 1:45.85.

Park admitted he was actually a bit nervous, a surprising admission for a seasoned swimmer who has competed in three Olympic games.

“There has been so much talk about winning the third straight Asian Games gold here,” Park said. “Honestly, I felt some weight on my shoulders. I gave my all, but I am walking away disappointed. I have more races remaining and I will try to put on good performances.”

Weightlifting saw a series of world records broken.

North Korea’s Kim Un-guk, broke three world records on his way to gold in the 62kg class weightlifting. He followed up his record 154kg snatch with a clean and jerk of 174kg to set a new combined record of 228kg.

Then with his final attempt he successfully lifted 178kg to shatter it again with a combined 332kg, 5kg more than the mark he set in winning Olympic gold in 2012.

On Saturday, North Korea’s Om Yun-chol beat his own world record in the men’s 56-kilogram clean and jerk by 1 kilogram.

Om, already the Olympic and world champion, lifted 170 kg in the clean and jerk. He also hoisted 128 kg in the snatch earlier for an Asian Games record total of 298 kg at the Moonlight Festival Garden Weightlifting Venue.

On Sunday, Kazakhstan’s Zulfiya Chinshanlo broke her own clean and jerk world record but missed out on Asian Games gold when Taiwan’s Hsu Shu-ching swiftly equaled her lift.

In an extraordinary sequence, both athletes hoisted 132 kg to eclipse Chinshanlo’s 53 kg class record, set at the London Olympics, by 1 kg.

Chinshanlo still had one lift remaining and raised the weight to the 137 kg that she needed for outright gold, but she could not complete the lift.

Combined with the snatch, Hsu’s lifts totaled 233 kg, against 228 kg for Chinshanlo.

(From news reports)