Climbing Seo Chae-hyun selected as the flag bearer for the Korean team at the Asian Games closing ceremony

Bouldering wins bronze and lead gold medals... Entry with Taegeukgi at the closing ceremony at 6 PM

(Nagoya = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-han = Seo Chae-hyun (22, Seoul City Hall, The North Face), who won the first Asian Games gold medal in Korean women's sport climbing, will raise the Taegeukgi at the closing ceremony of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held on the 4th.

The Korea Sports Council announced that Seo Chae-hyun will serve as the flag bearer for the Korean team at the closing ceremony held at the Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium in Nagoya, Japan at 6 p.m.

Chae-Hyeon Seo reached the podium twice in this competition, winning a gold medal in leading and a bronze medal in bouldering, the main event.

In the women's bouldering final on the 1st, she received 70 points, placed 3rd, and won a bronze medal.

In the women's lead final on the 3rd, she was the only one among the eight participants to successfully climb the mountain, beating her rival Ai Mori (Japan) and standing at the top.

It has been eight years since Chun Jong-won won the men's combine at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games in Korean sport climbing at the Asian Games, and Seo Chae-hyun is the first female athlete.

Seo Chae-hyun, who added a gold and bronze medal in this competition following the silver medal in the combined (bouldering + lead) event at the 2022 Hangzhou Games held in 2023, collected three medals in her entire career at the Asian Games.