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Minseok KIM (KOR) secured Olympic spot at Asian Olympic qualifying tournament. After winning both round-robin group matches, beat Naveen NAVEEN (IND) 7-1 in semifinals with 4-point arm throw in 2nd period. Defaulted final to Muminjon ABDULLAEV (UZB)....At 2019 World Championships, lost 3-1 in qualification round to Eduard POPP (GER), who lost in semifinals...Silver medalist at 2020 Asian Championships, losing 9-0 in final to Amin MIRZAZADEH (IRI)...In 2019, bronze medalist at City of Sassari and Oleg Karavaev tournaments...2018 Asian Games bronze medalist. Lost to Tokyo Olympian Muminjon ABDULLAEV (UZB) 7-0 in 1st round, came back to beat Behnam MEHDIZADEH (IRI) 1-1 in bronze-medal match....Avenged loss to Mehdizadeh at 2017 Asian Championships, where he also took bronze...World junior bronze medalist and Asian junior champion in 2017.