Seoul City Hall athletes won 12 medals, the most ever at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Jun-tae = The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 5th that 17 athletes from Seoul City Hall participated in the Asian Games held in Aichi and Nagoya, Japan in 7 sports, including fencing, handball, and climbing, and won a total of 12 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, and 6 bronze).

The city explained that the 12 medals won by the athletes this time is the most in Asian Games history.

The Seoul City Hall team won 10 medals (2 gold, 6 silver, 2 bronze) at the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023 and 9 medals (5 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze) at the 18th Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games in 2018.

In this fencing competition, Hayoung Jeon won the gold medal by defeating Japan in the saber team event.

In her first international competition, Ji-hee Park won silver medals in the individual foil and team event, and So-eun Shim also won a silver medal in the team foil event.

In handball, Woo Bit-na, Jo Eun-bin, and Jeong Jin-hee contributed to winning the gold medal by leading the team to 6 wins in 6 matches from the preliminary round to the final.

In the men's climbing division, Lee Do-hyun won a silver medal in the boulder event and added a bronze medal in the lead event.

In the women's division, Seo Chae-hyeon won a bronze medal in boulder and a gold medal in lead, and Jeong Ji-min also won a bronze medal in the speed event.

In cycling, Min Kyung-ho and Lee Jin-gu in the men's division and Park Do-young in the women's division each won bronze medals in the team pursuit.

Kim Min-ji and Kang Tae-kyung continued their medal streak by winning bronze medals in women's soccer.

Athletes who win medals at this Asian Games will receive prize money of 15 million won for gold medals, 10 million won for silver medals, and 7 million won for bronze medals.

Economic performance is also actively reflected in next year's salary negotiations.

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon plans to hold a luncheon meeting with the Seoul City Hall athletes on the 8th to share their thoughts on the competition and training process, and encourage them for their hard work.

Meanwhile, the city is investing 20 billion won a year to operate 25 teams in 23 sports and 189 athletes in the workplace sports team.

In order to expand the grassroots professional sports base, we are also supporting the creation and development of autonomous district workplace sports departments. This year, more than 5 billion won in city funding is being provided to 16 teams in 15 autonomous districts.

Next year, we plan to strengthen the training base by creating a dedicated training center for a total of 7 sports, including fencing and taekwondo, and additional facilities such as 40 dormitories and a restaurant at Jamsil Sports Complex.

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said, "The sweat and effort of the Seoul City Hall players, who represented Korea and did their best on the Asian stage until the end, led to good results, once again showing Seoul's potential. Going forward, we will continue to invest in and support professional sports so that players can train in a stable environment and challenge bigger stages."