S. Korea wins Asian Games gold in team modern pentathlon event
South Korea won gold in the men's modern pentathlon team event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday, successfully defending its title. In the men's modern pentathlon final, South Korean athletes Jun Woong-tae, Lee Jong-hyeon and Seo Chang-wan scored a combined 4,779 points after competing in five events — fencing, swimming, obstacle course racing and laser run, a combination of running and…
South Korea claimed gold in the men's modern pentathlon team event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, successfully defending their title from the previous Hangzhou Asian Games. The South Korean athletes Jun Woong-tae, Lee Jong-hyeon, and Seo Chang-wan combined to score 4,779 points in the final, outperforming China by 11 points and Kazakhstan by 132 points.
The event comprised five disciplines: fencing, swimming, obstacle course racing, and the laser run, a hybrid of running and shooting, all held at Anjo Sports Park in Anjo, Japan, situated southeast of Nagoya, the main host city.
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