All Male Modern Pentathlon Team Members from Hangzhou Asian Games Advance to Finals

Final Match Held on the 24th

All four members of the men's modern pentathlon team representing South Korea at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games smoothly advanced to the finals.

Jeon Woong-tae (Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall) scored 1146 points in the men's modern pentathlon semifinal Group A held on the 22nd at the Puyang Inhu Sports Center in Hangzhou, China, ranking 3rd out of 15 competitors in the group and advancing to the finals.

The modern pentathlon is a competition where a single athlete competes in fencing, swimming, equestrian, and laser-run (running + shooting). After the fencing ranking round on the first day, 18 athletes are selected in the semifinals to compete in the finals.

Modern pentathlon national representative Jeon Woong-tae is competing in the laser-run (running + shooting) event in the men's semifinals of the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games held on the 22nd at the Puyang Inhu Sports Center in China.
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In the men's modern pentathlon semifinals held that day, 18 finalists were selected from 29 participants. Along with Jeon Woong-tae, Jung Jin-hwa (LH), who competed in the men's semifinal Group A, secured 5th place with 1127 points and advanced to the finals.

In the semifinal Group B, Seo Chang-wan (Jeonnam Provincial Office) and Lee Ji-hoon (LH), who was first in the fencing ranking round, ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively with 1137 points, advancing to the finals.

In this tournament, the modern pentathlon finals for men and women will be held on the 24th, the day after the opening ceremony (23rd), determining the medalists for both individual and team events.

Jeon Woong-tae aims for his second consecutive men's individual gold medal following the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, and Lee Ji-hoon, who won silver at that time, is also considered a strong gold medal contender. In the women's division, Kim Sun-woo (Gyeonggi Provincial Office), Kim Se-hee (BNK Savings Bank), Seong Seung-min (Korea National Sport University), and Jang Ha-eun (LH) are participating.

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