"I'm glad I retired." Fencing Kim Jung-hwan X Kim Jun-ho "Commentary on Brother" worked→KBS 'No. 1 broadcast'

Aug 01, 2024

'I'm glad I retired.' Fencing Kim Jung-hwan X Kim Jun-ho 'Commentary on Brother' worked→KBS 'No. 1 broadcast'
KBS fencing broadcast again topped the ratings on the 31st (Korea time) when Kim Jung-hwan X Kim Joon-ho, KBS commentator, joined the fencing men's sabre team's third consecutive Olympics.

The quarterfinals of the Korean men's fencing team (Koo Bon-gil, Oh Sang-wook, Park Sang-won, Do Kyung-dong) and Canada, which were broadcast on KBS 2TV on the afternoon of the 31st, ranked No. 1 in fencing with 6.8 percent (Nilson Korea, national standards).

KBS commentary by Kim Jung-hwan X Kim Joon-ho, a member of the team gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, has already secured many viewers' fans as it has been recognized as a `luxury broadcast.' One of them, actor So Yoo-jin, also posted on social media, "So cool." celebrated the gold medal in the team event by posting a KBS capture screen with one word. Model Lee Hyun-yi, who is in the country as the main MC for KBS' Paris Olympics broadcast, also helped support the spectacular Grand Palais by uploading the scene of the ceremony and the moment of victory on SNS. Commissioner Kim Joon-ho's SNS also posted a post saying "Again Admit" along with the scene of the ceremony.

The two, who watched the team event on this day, were thrilled to win the third consecutive Olympics, saying, `It's good that we retired.'

Korean fencing, which has made a new history, is now left with only the team event of the women's sabre team. KBS's Kim Jung-hwan X Kim Jun-ho X Choi Seung-don trio will continue to broadcast the women's sabre team's medal challenge live on the 3rd. (Photo provided = So-jin, Kim Joon-ho, and Lee Hyun's personal SNS, KBS)



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