Seo Chae-hyun wins gold; Lee Do-hyun takes bronze in sport climbing
NAGOYA, Japan — Sport climber Seo Chae-hyun won the gold medal in the women's lead event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, with fellow South Korean Lee Do-hyun taking home the men's lead bronze medal later in the day. Seo topped the route in the women's lead final at the Port Messe Nagoya Exhibition Hall in Nagoya, central Japan. She edged out Ai Mori of Japan, who scored 47+, for…
NAGOYA, Japan — In the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, South Korean sport climber Seo Chae-hyun secured the gold medal in the women's lead event on Saturday. Her victory came after a final match at the Port Messe Nagoya Exhibition Hall in Nagoya, central Japan, where she outperformed her Japanese rival Ai Mori, who scored 47+ points.
This was Seo's first career Asian Games gold medal, following her bronze in the women's boulder discipline on Thursday. Throughout her career, Seo has consistently proven herself as the top Asian climber in the lead world rankings, currently ranked No. 2. In lead climbing, participants aim to ascend as high as possible on a 15-meter wall within a six-minute timeframe.
Each climber receives 25 points for reaching and controlling the final top hold, plus 10 points for reaching a designated zone hold and securing a movement towards the subsequent hold, regardless of whether they manage to secure it.
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