China News Service, September 20. According to the cycling and fencing management center of the State Sports General Administration, the 2022 Hyundai Pentathlon Asian Championships will be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from September 14 to 28.
In the modern pentathlon men's individual event, China's Luo Shuai reversed South Korea's Lee Ji-hoon to win the gold medal.
The Chinese team also won the modern pentathlon men's team gold medal with the outstanding performance of many players.
According to reports, this event is the first Asian highest-level modern pentathlon event held since the end of the Tokyo Olympics and the implementation of the new modern pentathlon competition system, attracting about 90 athletes.
In the modern pentathlon men's individual competition held on September 18, the Chinese modern pentathlon team sent Luo Shuai, Li Shuhuan, Zhang Linbin and Chen Yan to participate.
The modern pentathlon men's individual event is the official competition event of the Paris Olympic Games and the Hangzhou Asian Games.
During the competition, Chinese player Luo Shuai finally reversed the men's individual champion Li Zhixun of the South Korean team at the last Asian Championships with 1517 points and won the men's individual gold medal under the condition that the laser running project gave way for 16 seconds.
Li Shuhuan won the bronze medal, Chen Yan ranked fourth and Zhang Linbin ranked tenth.
According to the rules, in the modern pentathlon men's team competition, the results of the three athletes with the best results in the individual competitions from each participating country and region are added together.
Luo Shuai, Li Shuhuan and Chen Yan won the men's team gold medal with an absolute advantage of 4511 points, the South Korean team won the silver medal with 4454 points, and the Kazakhstan team won the bronze medal with 4276 points.
In addition, in the previous women's event competition, Zhong Xiuting, Tang Os and Zhang Mingyu of China's modern pentathlon team won the women's team silver medal with 3973 points, the South Korean team and the Kazakhstan team won the women's team gold medal with 4146 points and 3803 points respectively. bronze medal.