Yeo Seo-jeong Matches Father Yeo Hong-chul's Legacy, Returns to the Top After 8 Years

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More golden news has come from the Asian Games. South Korean artistic gymnastics star Yeo Seo-jeong has returned to the top of the podium in the vault event after eight years. With her second career Asian Games gold medal, she now matches the feat of her father, Yeo Hong-chul.

Reporter Pyeon Gwanghyeon has the story.

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Advancing to the finals in first place during the preliminaries, Yeo Seo-jeong launched herself powerfully from her first attempt, soaring gracefully through the air.

It was the "Yeo 2" technique with a difficulty score of 5.4, originally created by her father, Yeo Hong-chul.

[Oh, that's great. Nice!]

Receiving a high score of 14.466, Yeo slightly lowered her difficulty to 5.0 for her second attempt and ran forward with even greater force.

This time, she executed every movement without a flaw.

Although she took an extra step upon landing, it was not enough to pose a major issue.

North Korea's An Chang-ok, who followed, briefly put pressure on Yeo by showcasing a high-difficulty technique in her first attempt, but she stumbled significantly upon landing in her second attempt and failed to surpass Yeo.

With a total score of 14.483, Yeo Seo-jeong finished 0.817 points ahead of An Chang-ok to proudly claim first place.

Upon confirming her gold medal, Yeo expressed her joy with a bright smile, wrapped herself in the Taegeukgi, and responded to the cheers of the crowd.

[South Korea's Yeo Seo-jeong has soared high into the sky of Nagoya once again!]

[Yeo Seo-jeong / National Artistic Gymnastics Team: I was really nervous, but I'm so happy and moved to receive such a great result.]

Returning to the top for the first time in eight years since the Jakarta-Palembang Games, Yeo Seo-jeong and her father Yeo Hong-chul—a vaulting star who reigned in the 1990s—have become a unique father-daughter duo who both share the record of winning two Asian Games titles.

[Yeo Seo-jeong / National Artistic Gymnastics Team: My dad cheered me on so hard, always sending me KakaoTalk messages saying he loves me and telling me to do my best. Thank you.]

Yeo Seo-jeong will compete in the floor exercise final tomorrow (the 25th) aiming for her third career gold medal and her second double crown of this tournament.

(Photo: Choi Dae-woong | Video Editing: Lee Hong-myung)
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