Undaunted Jeon Woong-tae, the modern pentathlon '6th place'2nd consecutive medal failed...Seo Chang-wan, 7th place
Aug 11, 2024
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On the 11th (Korea time), Jeon Woong-tae ranked sixth overall in the men's final round of the Paris Olympics at the modern pentathlon stadium in the Palace of Versailles, France, with a total of 1,526 points in fencing, swimming, horseback riding, and laser runs (land + shooting). Seo Chang-wan (National Military Sports Unit) ranked seventh with 1520 points.
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In the semifinals the previous day, Jeon Woong-tae scored a total of 1515 points in fencing, swimming, horseback riding, and laser runs (land + shooting), winning a final ticket given to the top nine in Group B as the second place out of 18 players. Seo Chang-wan was fifth in Group B (1503 points) and advanced to the final in his first Olympics.
I was slightly shaken in the first event of the finals. He scored 287 points and ranked 11th. However, he won 235 points in fencing and three consecutive bonus rounds, scoring an additional 241 points and ranking second. In the 200m freestyle swimming, he scored 312 points with a time of 1:59.41 to finish seventh. With 840 points left in the last race (land + shooting), he ranked third after Egypt's Ahmed Elzendi (857 points) and Switzerland's Aleksandr Dalenbach (840 points). The medal is just around the corner. But last ray or so, the shooting determined the fate of the medal. The sense of shooting was unusual. After five shots in 14 shots in the first round, he exhausted his time, putting pressure on track and field. 25.8 seconds. I was in a hurry chasing Sato, and I made a series of mistakes. He ran with all his might, but he was not good enough to turn the game around. In the laser run, he fell to 13th place with a time of 2:09.96, moving away from the medal.
Ahmedi Elgendi won the gold medal with 1555 points, Japan's Daishu Sato won the bronze medal with 1532 points, and Italy's Giorgio Malan won the bronze medal with 1536.
Paris = Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
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