Pentathlete Seong Seung-min wins S. Korea's 1st gold at Asian Games
Seong Seung-min became the first South Korean woman to win the individual event and ended China’s four-gold streak, officials said.
- On Sunday, Seong Seung-min won South Korea's first gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, finishing first in the women's individual modern pentathlon at Anjo Sports Park in Japan.
- For the first time, a South Korean female pentathlete has won the individual event, successfully ending China's streak of four consecutive gold medals.
- South Korean athletes Jun Woong-tae, Lee Jong-hyeon, and Seo Chang-wan secured gold in the men's modern pentathlon team event on Sunday, successfully defending their title with 4,779 combined points.
- Individual standings saw Jun finish second, Lee third, and Seo fifth, helping South Korea outscore China and Kazakhstan to maintain the top spot from the Hangzhou Asian Games.
- Participants competed in five events—fencing, swimming, obstacle course racing, and laser run—at Anjo Sports Park, demonstrating the rigorous physical and technical demands of modern pentathlon.
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The Korean men's modern pentathlon team won the South Korean delegation's second gold medal in the team event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Jeon Woong-tae (Gangwon Provincial Sports Council), Seo Chang-wan (Jeonnam Provincial Office), and Lee Jong-hyun (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall) competed on the 20th at Anjo Suwon in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Sung Seung-min (Korea National Sport University) presented the first gold medal to the South Korean delegation for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in women's modern pentathlon. Sung took first place in the women's final held at Anjo Sports Park in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on the 20th. She aims to win a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
(Anjo [Japan] = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-a = Seong Seung-min (Korea National Sport University) of the women's modern pentathlon won the first gold medal for the South Korean delegation at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games...
Sung Seung-min, competing in the women's individual modern pentathlon at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, brought the first gold medal to the Korean delegation. Sung, who recorded outstanding results in fencing and obstacle courses, won the individual event, becoming the first Korean woman to win an individual gold medal at the Asian Games in the history of modern pentathlon.
[NEWSIS] On the afternoon of the 20th, at the awards ceremony for the women's individual modern pentathlon at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at Anjo City General Sports Park in Anjo City, Aichi Prefecture, South Korea's Sung Seung-min, who won the gold medal, poses for a photo.
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