Rhythmic Gymnastics: Seo Eun-chae and Ha Su-i Both Advance to Individual All-Around Final

South Korean rhythmic gymnasts Seo Eun-chae (Suwon City Hall) and Ha Su-i (Korea National Sport University) have both advanced to the individual all-around final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

Competing in the individual all-around preliminary round held at the Rainbow Hall of the Nagoya Municipal Gymnasium in Japan on October 1, Seo finished fifth among 23 competitors with a total score of 104.70 points across the hoop, ball, clubs, and ribbon events.

Seo recorded 27.55 points in the hoop, 24.10 points in the ball, 27.45 points in the clubs, and 25.60 points in the ribbon.

She placed highest in the clubs, ranking third overall, and finished fifth in the hoop.

She ranked seventh in the ribbon and 13th in the ball.

Ha Su-i advanced to the individual all-around final by placing ninth in the preliminaries with a total score of 101.10 points across the four apparatuses.

Ha scored 26.20 points in the hoop, 24.15 points in the ball, 26.65 points in the clubs, and 24.10 points in the ribbon.

She performed strongly with a fourth-place finish overall in the clubs, seventh in the hoop, tied for 11th in the ball, and 11th in the ribbon.

Akmaral Yerekesheva of Kazakhstan took first place in the preliminaries with 111.35 points, while Wang Qi of China finished second with 109.15 points.

Takhmina Ikromova of Uzbekistan placed third with 106.95 points.

Seo Eun-chae and Ha Su-i will compete in the individual all-around final starting at 1 p.m. on October 3, aiming for South Korea's first rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around medal in 12 years since Son Yeon-jae's gold medal at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.

(Photo courtesy of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, Yonhap News)
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