Modern pentathlon star Jeon Woong-tae returns to the national team, challenges AG's third consecutive milestone...2026 national team selection completed
Dec 01, 2025
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The Korean Modern pentathlon Federation held the final selection match for the modern pentathlon national team in 2026 at Busan Sports High School from November 29 to 30. The men's and women's national teams for the 2026 season and the squad for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games were selected. The top 18 participants in the first round of trials held in September. It was conducted by adding 50% of the first and second grades. As a result, a total of 14 national teams were selected, including the top four players from each men's and women's Asian Games and seven from each men's and women's.
Jeon Woong-tae (Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall), Seo Chang-wan (Jeonnam Provincial Office), Jonghyun Lee (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall) and Kim Young-ha (Jeonnam Provincial Office) won the men's Asian Games. In particular, Jeon Woong-tae returned to the national team through this selection match and was once again on the Asian Games stage. He briefly put down the national flag in 2025 and had time to reorganize. Jeon Woong-tae, who has already won two Asian Games individual gold medals, will challenge the milestone of three consecutive individual competitions if he wins the Aichi-Nagoya Games.
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The seven men's national teams in the 2026 season, including members of the Asian Games, are Jeon Woong-tae, Seo Chang-wan, Jonghyun Lee, Kim Young-ha, Kim Jae-hak (Incheon Metropolitan City Sports Council), Kim Yu-bin and Kim Kyung-hwan (hereinafter, Armed Forces Sports Unit). The seven women's national team consisted of Sung Seung-min, Shin Soo-min, Kim Yu-ri, Jang Ha-eun, Kim Sun-woo (Gyeonggi Provincial Office), Kim Eun-joo, and Choo Hyo-jung (Gangwon Sports Council).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
