[National Sports Festival] Kim Young-beom and Kim Seo-young win 4 gold medals in swimming... Yacht Ha Ji-min achieves 16 consecutive wins (overall)

(Seogwipo·Jeju = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah and Kim Kyung-yoon = Kim Young-beom (Gangwon Provincial Office), the only Korean athlete to win a gold medal in swimming at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, finished the National Sports Festival with 4 gold medals.

Kim Young-beom won the men's 100m freestyle final at the 107th National Sports Festival held at the swimming pool at Jeju Stadium in Jeju City on the 21st with a record of 48.18 seconds, beating Lee Yu-yeon (Goyang City Hall, 49.17 seconds) and Jang Min-kyo (Gumi City Sports Council, 49.78 seconds).

Kim Young-beom, who won gold medals in the 50m freestyle and 800m relay on the 18th and the 400m relay on the 20th, also won the last event he competed in, taking home four gold medals.

Kim Chan-young (Ulsan Swimming Federation) won the men's 50m breaststroke, and Yang Jae-hoon (Gangwon Provincial Office) won the men's 100m butterfly.

Women's swimming veteran Kim Seo-young (Gyeongbuk Provincial Office) won four gold medals, taking first place in the women's general division 100m butterfly with a time of 57.85 seconds.

Kim Seo-young, who also won gold medals in the 200m individual medley, 400m relay, and 800m relay, will challenge for five gold medals in her final event, the 400m medley relay, held on the 22nd.

The women's 100m freestyle championship was won by Heo Yeon-kyung (Daejeon Facilities Management Corporation) with a time of 55.23 seconds.

Hwang Seon-woo (Gangwon Provincial Office), who won three gold medals in this competition, won the 400m mixed medley relay held as a demonstration event on this day with a record of 3 minutes 52.71 seconds along with Choi Dong-yeol (Gangwon Provincial Office), Park Jeong-won, and Lee Eun-ji (Gangwon Provincial Sports Council).

He aims for his fourth gold medal in the 400m medley relay on the 22nd.

Ha Ji-min (Haeundae-gu Office), a living legend of Korean yachting, achieved a milestone of 16 consecutive wins at the National Sports Festival.

Ha Ji-min took first place in the 6th race of the general yacht laser class held at Dodu Port in Jeju Island and won with a total score of 5 points, beating Lee Min-je (Boryeong City Hall, total score 14 points) and Jeong Bo (Gangneung City Hall, total score 15 points).

Ha Ji-min achieved 16 consecutive wins by participating in all competitions from the 90th competition in 2009 to this year's competition, except for 2020 and 2021, when no matches were held in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) pandemic.

Fencing saber emperor Sang-wook Oh (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall) led the Daejeon selection team to a 45-21 victory in the men's general saber team finals held at the Seogwipo City Gymnasium, jointly winning with Sang-won Park, Jae-won Kim (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), and Tae-min Yoo (Daejeon University), winning his second gold medal following the individual competition.

Woo Sang-hyuk (Yongin City Hall), the star of Korean track and field high jump, withdrew due to injury, failing to win the National Sports Festival for the seventh time in a row.

In the men's general high jump, where Woo Sang-hyuk was missing, Kim Joo-ju (Goyang Special City Hall) won the championship with a record of 2m 15m.

In the men's general division triple jump, Kim Jang-woo (Jangheung County Office), who broke the Korean record (17m 13) for the first time in 16 years last June, won the gold medal with a record of 16m 10.

Ryu Han-soo (Jeonbuk Wrestling Association), who led the last heyday of Korean wrestling, ended his career after winning a bronze medal in the men's general division Greco-Roman 72kg class.

In Taekwondo, Park Woo-hyuk (Samsung S-1) won the men's general division 87kg class, defeating Lee Seung-woo (Yeongcheon City Hall) with a round score of 2-0 (5-2 9-0).

In the women's general division 73kg class, Jang Eun-ji (Jemulpo-gu Office) won the gold medal by beating Do-hee Yoon (Samsung S-One) with a round score of 2-0 (0-0 7-1 6-5).

In the final of the men's general hockey division held at the Gogak International Soccer Center Hockey Stadium in Gwangju, Jeonnam, the Incheon Metropolitan City Sports Council, representing Incheon, won the shootout match after drawing 1-1 with Gimhae City Hall, the Gyeongnam national team, and won the gold medal.