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Korea's Seong Seung-min wins bronze in modern pentathlon's last year with horses

Korea’s Seong Seung-min, the reigning world champion, took bronze in the women’s individual modern pentathlon at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.

2024-08-11

Paris Olympics await Korea's modern pentathletes — four world champions

Jun Woong-tae, Seo Chang-wan, Kim Sun-woo and Seong Seung-min will represent Korea at the Paris Olympics in modern pentathlon.

2024-07-26

Korea win record four gold medals at modern pentathlon championship

The results in China are a bright sign for Korea's modern pentathletes ahead of the Paris Olympics.

2024-06-17

Modern pentathletes take two gold, two silver and one bronze in Hangzhou

The Korean modern pentathlon team won two gold, two silver and one bronze medal on Sunday in a dramatic opening to the Hangzhou Asian Games.

2023-09-24

Modern pentathlete Kim Sun-woo wins Korea's first medal at Asiad

Modern pentathlete Kim Sun-woo won Korea’s first medal of the 19th Asian Games on Sunday, finishing second in the women’s modern pentathlon to claim her third consecutive Asiad medal.

2023-09-24

Women's team take silver at Pentathlon World Championships

Kim Sun-woo, Seong Seung-min and Jang Ha-eun won the UlPM 2022 Pentathlon World Championships women's team silver medal in Alexandria, Egypt on Saturday.

2022-07-31

Korea takes two relay medals at Pentathlon World Championships

Kim Se-hee and Kim Sun-woo won Korea's first-ever women's team relay medal on Monday, finishing third at the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) 2022 Pentathlon World Championships.

2022-07-26

Modern pentathlon drops the horses after Tokyo issues

The 2024 Paris Olympics will be the last to feature horses in the modern pentathlon, one of the oldest disciplines of the modern games originally defined to test the mettle of cavalry soldiers.

2021-11-09

Korea's Jun Woong-tae takes bronze in modern pentathlon

Jun Woong-tae is Korea's first ever modern pentathlon medalist, winning bronze in Tokyo on Saturday after a strong performance in all five events. Jung Jin-hwa just missed the podium, finishing fourth.

2021-08-07

Kim Se-hee takes second in fencing as modern pentathlon begins

Kim Se-hee finished second in the fencing ranking round of the women's modern pentathlon event on Thursday.

2021-08-05