Lea Dae-hoon won his third straight Asiad gold medal in taekwondo at the Asian Games in Indonesia on Thursday, becoming the first Korean to achieve the feat.

He beat Amirmohammad Bakhshikalhori of Iran in the men's 68-kg division final. Before the event, Lee said he would do what no Korean had achieved, and he kept his word.

Bakhshikalhori emerged as a dark horse after defeating Rio de Janeiro Olympic champion Ahmad Abughaush of Jordan in the semifinals.