'0.001-point difference' medalists split... Yeo Seo-jeong's 'solo 14-point range' overwhelming victory [Nagoya on-site]

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It was truly an overwhelming victory.

Yeo Seo-jeong (24, Jecheon City Hall) stood atop the women's vault at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya (Japan) Asian Games artistic gymnastics event. On the 24th, in the final held at the Nagoya General Gymnasium, she secured first place with a final score of 14.483 points.

Having already won gold at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang (Indonesia) Games, Yeo Seo-jeong claimed another title at her second Asian Games appearance after eight years. She is the first South Korean female gymnast to win two Asian Games gold medals. Following in the footsteps of her father, former Korea Gymnastics Association Executive Director Yeo Hong-cheol, she now shares the same achievement of two Asian Games golds and an Olympic medal.

In her first routine, Yeo Seo-jeong earned a difficulty score of 5.400 and an execution score of 9.066, totaling 14.466 points. In her second routine, she received a difficulty score of 5.000 and an execution score of 9.100, totaling 14.100 points. Her final score was calculated as the average of both routines (14.283) plus a bonus of 0.200, resulting in 14.483 points.

Among all finalists that day, Yeo Seo-jeong was the only gymnast to achieve a 14-point range in her final score or to record 14-point ranges in both routines. Her closest rival, An Chang-ok (North Korea), scored 14.3 in the first routine but committed a critical error by falling immediately upon landing in the second routine, finishing with 13.033 points and a final total of 13.666 points — a silver medal more than 0.8 points behind Yeo Seo-jeong. The other six gymnasts scored between 12 and 13 points in both routines.

Considering that some athletes' rankings were separated by just 0.001 points in the final standings, Yeo Seo-jeong's dominant performance stood out even more. For instance, China's Du Siwei claimed bronze with a final score of 13.450, edging out Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Quynh New (13.449) by only 0.001 points. Meanwhile, Nguyen Thi Quynh New missed the podium by just 0.001 points.

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