Sung Seung-min wins comeback victory after winning the first Asian female Olympic modern pentathlon medal

Sung Seung-min wins comeback victory after winning the first Asian female Olympic modern pentathlon medal

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Seong Seung-min (Korea National Sport University), who became the first Asian female Olympic modern pentathlon medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, won the National Sports Festival.

Seong Seung-min took first place in the women's general division quadruple event of the 105th National Sports Festival modern pentathlon held at Gyeongnam Physical Education High School in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do on the 14th with a combined score of 1,165 points in fencing, swimming, and laser run (track and field + shooting).

Second place went to Park Ga-eon (BNK Savings Bank), who scored 1,149 points.

Kim Seon-woo (Gyeonggi Provincial Office), who came in 8th at the Paris Olympics, won a bronze medal.

Seong Seung-min scored 279 points in swimming on the 12th, came in first place, and in fencing, he scored 244 points, coming in third place. In terms of combined scores, he came in second place (523 points) after Park Ga-eon (527 points).

In the Laser Run, where the starting time is set according to the performance in the previous event, Seong Seung-min started 4 seconds later than the leader Park Ga-eon.

Seong Seung-min, who had been steadily chasing after Park Ga-eon, 파워볼사이트 struggled in the shooting after 1,200m and missed the opportunity to turn the tables.

Seong Seung-min hit five shots ahead of Park Ga-eon at the 1,800m mark and took first place.

With the 2,400m mark just around the corner, he deliberately slowed down a bit and briefly handed over first place to Park Ga-eon.

Seong Seung-min, who had time to catch his breath, calmly shot five shots and ran the last lap ahead of Park Ga-eon, arriving at the finish line in first place.

Seong Seung-min, who added 642 points in the laser run, won the gold medal, beating Park Ga-eon by 16 points in the combined score.