Athletes from North and South Korea combined to win an Asian Games gold medal for the first time in their history with victory in the women's 500 meter dragon boat on Sunday. The two Koreas, competing together after a rapid improvement in cross-border relations, took gold with a time of two minutes and 24.788 seconds, edging past China on 2:25.092. It was the first gold at a major Games for a Unified Korea team, and came nearly three decades after their last title together -- in the women's team event at the 1991 world table tennis championships. North and South Korea have also joined forces in rowing and women's basketball at the regional Olympics following a rapid improvement in r...
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