Seoul finishes third overall at Korean National Sports Festival, with 109 gold medals and 26 athletes who won multiple gold medals

[Financial News] The Seoul team finished third overall at the Korean National Sports Festival, winning 343 medals in total, including 109 golds. It topped the standings in six sports, including mountaineering and basketball, where it claimed the overall title for the fourth consecutive year, and produced 26 athletes who won multiple gold medals, including one four-time champion.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 23rd that it finished third overall at the 107th Korean National Sports Festival, held from the 16th to the 22nd across Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, with 54,186 points.
For the competition, the Seoul Metropolitan Government fielded a team of 2,156 people, including 1,480 athletes and 676 officials, and competed in 50 sports. The team won 109 gold, 103 silver and 131 bronze medals.
By sport, mountaineering and basketball each claimed the overall title for the fourth consecutive year. Fencing and finswimming also continued their winning streaks, taking the title for the second year in a row. With modern pentathlon and taekwondo also topping the standings, Seoul finished first overall in six sports. It placed second overall in nine sports, including swimming, badminton and archery.
The team also had notable results in individual events. Across nine sports, including swimming, modern pentathlon and mountaineering, the Seoul team produced one four-time champion, four three-time champions and 21 two-time champions. A total of 26 athletes won at least two gold medals.
The athlete who won the most gold medals was Lee Won of Seoul Physical Education High School, who competed in the girls' under-18 swimming division. Lee won four gold medals at the competition, becoming the Seoul team's only four-time champion.
Kim Ji-yoon (Seoul Physical Education High School), who competed in the girls' under-18 modern pentathlon division; Baek Ye-dam (Korea National Sport University), in women's college bowling; and Go Seung-woo (Ogeum High School) and Wonjun (Bangsan High School), in the boys' under-18 swimming division, each won three titles.
Records continued to fall in swimming on the final day of the competition. In the boys' under-18 400-meter individual medley, Wonjun and Lee In-seo (Gyeonggi High School) each broke the previous meet record, with times of 4:18.75 and 4:19.72, respectively. The two shared the gold and silver medals.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government's workplace sports teams also contributed to the medal tally. A total of 142 people, including 24 coaches and 118 athletes, competed in 18 sports and won 17 gold, 14 silver and 15 bronze medals. Their total medal count was 46.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to use the results of the competition as a basis for developing promising athletes and improving training conditions. It also plans to strengthen its support system in cooperation with the Seoul Sports Council, taking into account performance in each sport and needs on the ground.
Cho Seong-ho, head of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Tourism and Sports Bureau, said, "This competition was a meaningful opportunity to see the passion of the Seoul team and the potential of each sport." He added, "We will continue to step up efforts to identify and develop outstanding athletes and strengthen support that reflects the characteristics of each sport, creating an environment where athletes can fully demonstrate their abilities and further enhance the competitiveness of sports in Seoul." 

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