▲ Seo Chang-wan after winning the individual and team events on the 17th
South Korean modern pentathlon stars Seo Chang-wan (South Jeolla Provincial Office) and Seong Seung-min (Korea National Sport University) have both claimed three gold medals at the National Sports Festival, following their success at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Competiting as part of the South Jeolla selection team alongside teammates Kim Young-ha and Yang Woo-seung, Seo won the men's general division 4-event relay at the Aewol Neighborhood Park in Jeju today (the 20th), scoring a combined total of 1,216 points across swimming, fencing, and laser run (running and shooting).
Having contributed to South Korea's men's team gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, Seo swept the individual and team pentathlon events on the 17th and added a relay gold in the final event, securing three titles at the tournament.
Modern pentathlon requires an athlete to compete in fencing, swimming, obstacle racing, and the laser run.
At the National Sports Festival, full 5-event competitions were held exclusively for the men's general individual and team events, while 4-event competitions excluding the obstacle race were held across the men's general, women's general, and under-18 divisions in individual, team, and relay formats.
Kim Young-ha, who previously claimed the 5-event team title alongside Seo, finished the tournament as a double champion.
Jeon Woong-tae (Gangwon State Athletic Association), who secured his third consecutive victory in the men's general 4-event individual competition on the 18th as a representative of Gangwon State, won a silver medal in the relay behind South Jeolla.
Representing Daegu, Seong Seung-min teamed up with Yoon Yang-ji and Lee Ga-young (both from Daegu Metropolitan City Hall) in the women's general 4-event relay, claiming the gold medal with a combined score of 997 points.
Seong, who became the first South Korean female athlete to win an individual gold medal at this year's Asian Games, captured three gold medals by sweeping the women's general 4-event individual, team, and relay titles at the National Sports Festival.
In the under-18 division, Kim Ji-yun (Seoul Physical Education High School), representing Seoul, contributed to a victory in the women's 4-event relay, similarly sweeping three gold medals after wins in the individual and team events.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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