[National Sports Festival] AG Gold Medal Modern Pentathlon Seo Chang-wan, 2 individual and team gold medals in men's general division

(Jeju = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = Seo Chang-wan (Jeonnam Provincial Office), the star of the Korean modern pentathlon men’s division, swept the individual and team competitions at the National Sports Festival.

Seo Chang-wan took first place with a total of 1,586 points in fencing, swimming, hurdles, and laser run (track and field + shooting) at the 107th National Sports Festival Modern Pentathlon Men's General Division individual event held at Aewol Neighborhood Park in Jeju on the 17th.

Kim Young-ha of the same team finished second in the individual competition (1,559 points), and in the team competition, where the ranking is determined by the combined individual score of the two players in each region, Seo Chang-wan took first place (3,145 points) and won the competition's second crown.

Seo Chang-wan is the representative Korean modern pentathlon runner, winning a bronze medal in the individual event at the World Championships in August this year and winning the mixed relay with Seong-min Seong (Korea National Sport University).

Last month, he helped Korea win the men's team event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, and regained the top spot in the individual event for the first time in three years since 2023 at the National Sports Festival.

Seo Chang-wan won the individual event for the first time since the introduction of the obstacle race at the National Sports Festival.

After the 2024 Paris Olympics, horseback riding among the modern pentathlons was replaced by obstacle races, and obstacle races were introduced in the National Sports Festival from that year, and the four types of events excluding obstacles are also being held as separate events.

On this day, Seo Chang-wan, who won 16 wins in fencing and earned 258 points and ranked first overall, added 317 points in swimming by recording a time of 56.47 seconds, which ranks 9th overall.

Seo Chang-wan, who added 375 points to the overall 2nd place record (23.61 seconds) in the obstacle race, started the Laser Run, which differs in start time depending on the performance of the previous three events, 27 seconds earlier than 2nd place, and after steadily leading the race, he crossed the finish line first.

In a fierce competition for second place amid Seo Chang-wan's solo performance, Kim Young-ha won the individual silver medal with a last-minute spurt and joined forces to win the team event.

Kim Kyung-hwan (Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall) followed them in third place in the individual competition (1,556 points).

In the team competition, second and third places went to Ulsan (3,072 points) and Incheon (3,065 points), respectively.