[National Sports Festival] Judo Heo Mimi wins 5th consecutive victory in 57kg class... Seo Chang-wan wins 2 gold medals in modern pentathlon (overall)

(Jeju = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Kyung-yoon and Choi Song-a = 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games gold medalist Heo Mimi (Gyeongbuk Sports Council) achieved her 5th consecutive victory in the National Sports Festival.

Heo Mimi won the gold medal by defeating Kim Joo-hee in one round in the women's general 57kg final at the 107th National Sports Festival held at Namnyeong High School Gymnasium in Jeju Island on the 17th.

Heo Mimi, who has won a gold medal every year since winning her first National Sports Festival in 2022, has achieved a milestone of winning for five consecutive years.

Heo Mimi, who won by forfeit in the first round, defeated Park Da-sol in the quarterfinals with a single press 1 minute and 9 seconds into the match.

In the semifinals against Lee Jae-ran, he won by scoring a half throw with 19 seconds left in regular time.

Mimi Heo is a Korean-Japanese born to a Korean father and a Japanese mother, and chose Korean nationality according to her grandmother's will, which stated that she wanted to see her play as a Korean player in 2021.

Heo Mimi, the fifth-generation descendant of independence activist Heo Seok, won a gold medal at the 2024 International Judo Federation (IJF) World Championships and a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Afterwards, he underwent shoulder surgery and was unable to participate in many international competitions, which resulted in a decrease in his senses in practice. However, he won his first Asian Games gold medal in Nagoya, Japan.

Kim Min-jong (Yangpyeong-gun Office), the men's heavyweight silver medalist in Judo at the Paris Olympics, defeated Kim Se-heon (Korea Racing Authority) in a round of field legs to take the top spot in the men's general division over 100kg final.

Lee Jun-hwan (Pohang City Hall) in the men's 81kg class won the championship with a close win over Kim Hwi-geon (High1) in the finals, and Kim Ha-yoon (Ansan City Hall) in the women's 78kg and over class won the gold medal for Gyeonggi Province with a leading victory over Park Saet-byeol (Daegu Metropolitan City Hall) in the finals.

Seo Chang-wan (Jeonnam Provincial Office), gold medalist in the modern pentathlon team event at the Asian Games, swept the individual and team events in the men's general pentathlon event.

Seo Chang-wan won the individual competition held at Aewol Neighborhood Park in Jeju with a total of 1,586 points in fencing, swimming, obstacle course, and laser run (track and field + shooting).

In the team competition, where the ranking is determined by the combined individual score of the two players in each region, Kim Young-ha of the same team (1,559 points), who took second place in the individual competition, also ranked first with a combined score of 3,145 points and won two gold medals.

Asian Games sport climbing women's lead gold medalist Seo Chae-hyeon (Seoul City Hall, North Face) achieved her 4th consecutive victory by receiving 54+, first place overall, in the women's general division lead final held at Jeju Stadium Oreum Madang.

Seo Chae-hyun, who swept the lead and bouldering gold medals at the National Sports Festival for three consecutive years from 2023 to last year, will win two gold medals in the competition for the fourth consecutive year if she wins the women's bouldering event held at the same venue on the 18th.

In a shooting competition held at the Changwon International Shooting Range in Gyeongnam, two ‘unofficial world records’ were set in one day.

Kim Kang-hyun (Kangwon National University), who competed in the men's university 10m air pistol event, won the championship by shooting 246.6 points in the final, surpassing the world record (246.5 points) set by Kim Song-guk (North Korea) at the 2019 Doha Asian Championships.

Go Eun (Busan Metropolitan City Hall), who competed in the women's general division 25m pistol, took first place in the final with 44 points, one point ahead of the Korean record set by Kim Min-jeong in 2018 and the world record (43 points) set by Esha Singh (India) at this year's Munich World Cup.

Although it is not recognized as a world record because it is not an International Shooting Federation (ISSF)-sanctioned competition, they showed off their world-class skills.

A new competition record was set in the swimming competition that started that day at Jeju Stadium.

In the women's 200m backstroke final, Choi Min-seo (Anyang City Hall) won the gold medal with a new competition record of 2:09.23.

Lee Joo-ho (Seogwipo City Hall), the star of men's backstroke who won a silver medal and two bronze medals at the Asian Games, won the men's 200m final with a time of 1 minute 56.88 seconds and presented the gold medal to Jeju, the host city.

Asian Games women's 200m breaststroke silver medalist Park Si-eun (Gangwon Province Sports Council) took first place with a time of 1 minute 08.03 seconds in the general 100m breaststroke final on this day.

Kim Jun-woo (Gangwon Provincial Office) won the men's 1,500m freestyle event in which defending champion Kim Woo-min (Gangwon Provincial Office) was absent due to an injury, and Kim Jun-woo (Gangwon Provincial Office) won the event with a time of 15 minutes 07.98 seconds, and Ahn Se-hyun (Jeju City Hall), the star of the women's butterfly stroke, performed a 'golden swim' in the 50m final with a time of 26.85 seconds.