Pang Cheng-tsung fired a seven-under-par 65 to take a one-shot lead in the individual competition at Incheon's Dream Park Country Club, with South Korean Youm Eun-ho (68) hot on his heels.

Fellow Korean Kim Nam-hun sits a further five strokes adrift after firing a 66 in windy conditions, leaving the home quartet of players four behind Taiwan in the aggregate team scores.

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Taiwan finished the day on a combined 35-under-par 613 but South Korea's Kim Young-woong boldly declared: 'There will be a gold medal around my neck tomorrow.'

Chinese prodigy Guan Tianling, who became the youngest player to make the cut at a major championship at last year's Masters aged just 14, carded a 71 which left him tied for 14th going into the final round.

China are joint fourth in the team competition, a combined 15 shots behind the leaders. 

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