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Pentathlete Seong Seung-min wins S. Korea's 1st gold at Asian Games

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ANJO, Japan — Seong Seung-min brought home South Korea's first gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, winning the women's individual modern pentathlon event. Seong finished first in the sport's final after competing in five events — fencing, swimming, obstacle course racing and laser run, a combination of running and shooting — at Anjo Sports Park in Anjo, just southeast of the main host city of Nagoya, Japan. She became the first South Kor…

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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...

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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.

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Sung Seung-min (Korea National Sport University), the leading figure in Korean women's modern pentathlon, won the first gold medal for the South Korean delegation at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. On the 20th, Sung Seung-min won the gold medal in the women's modern pentathlon final held at Anjo Sports Park in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, recording a total score of 1,492 points across fencing, swimming, descent, and laser run (athletics + shooti…

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조선일보 broke the news on Sunday, September 20, 2026.
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