Gyeonggi Province leads 107th National Sports Festival

Gyeonggi Province has taken the lead at the 107th National Sports Festival in Jeju, positioning itself to secure its fifth consecutive overall championship. By the fifth day of competition, the province accumulated 21,359 total points, including 116 gold, 108 silver, and 107 bronze medals, narrowly surpassing Gyeongbuk Province by 105 points.

Notable individual performances include Lee Dong-hun, who secured three gold medals in weightlifting, and Kim Seung-won, who earned two gold medals in swimming while setting a new competition record in the women's 18-and-under 50m backstroke. In athletics, Kwon Seo-rin set a new high school record in the women's 10km race walk.

Other successful disciplines for Gyeonggi Province included wrestling, taekwondo, bowling, and squash. While the province dominated in many areas, it narrowly missed a sixth consecutive victory in modern pentathlon, finishing second to Seoul.