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.
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.
Kim Sun-woo and Jun Woong-tae of Korea took gold in the mixed relay at the UIPM 2022 Pentathlon World Championships on Sunday, earning the world champion title in the final event of the pentathlon tournament.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kim Se-hee finished second in the fencing ranking round of the women's modern pentathlon event on Thursday.
Four Korean athletes will compete in two modern pentathlon events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Seo Chang-wan, right, and Kim Se-hee took home gold in the pentathlon mixed team relay on the final day of the International Modern Pentathlon Union World Pentathlon and Laser Run Championships in Cairo on Monday.
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