Pentathlete Seong Seung-min wins S. Korea's 1st gold at Asian Games

ANJO, Japan — Seong Seung-min brought home South Korea's first gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, winning the women's individual modern pentathlon event. Seong finished first with 1,492 points in the sport's final after competing in five events — fencing, swimming, obstacle course racing and laser run, a combination of running and shooting — at Anjo Sports Park in Anjo, just southeast of the main host city of Nagoya, Japan. She became the first South Korean female pentathlete to win the individual event, ending China's streak of four consecutive gold medals. The silver medal went to Zhang Mingyu of China and bronze to Wu Xiyao of China. Her compatriot Kim Un-ju ranked seventh with 1,399 points and Shin Su-min 12th with 1,380 points. Led by Seong's gold medal performance, South Korea finished second in the team event, following China. In the team event, scores of the top three athletes from a country are combined to determine the rankings. As a former world champion and an Olympic bronze medalist, Seong was considered a strong gold medal contender for the women's modern pentat