Artistic gymnast Seohyun Hwang wins gold medal on women's balance beam at Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games
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Seohyun Hwang (Incheon Physical Education High School) won the gold medal with a score of 14.700 points in the women's balance beam artistic gymnastics finals at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
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Seo-Hyeon Hwang won the balance beam at the Jecheon Asian Championships and the National Sports Festival last year, and this Asian Games is her first performance.
(Nagoya = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-han = 'Promising balance beam star' Hwang Seo-hyeon (Incheon Physical Education High School) won the gold medal in the women's balance beam artistic gymnastics at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Seohyun Hwang received 14.700 points, including a difficulty score of 6.600 and an execution score of 8.100, in the women's balance beam final held at the Rainbow Hall of the Nagoya Gymnasium on the 25th, ranking first among the eight participating athletes.
China's Chu Qiyuan won the silver medal with 14.566 points, and Japan's Mana Okamura won the bronze medal with 14.300 points.
Seohyun Hwang, born in 2009, won the balance beam event at the Jecheon Asian Championships and the National Sports Festival last year, and was additionally selected through ranking points for each event at the Asian Games representative selection event last May, making her first Asian Games appearance.
