Fencing Korea. Recovered the top of the 亞 that was taken away by Japan! 'Gold 4X Silver 2XDong 5'A spectacular finale

By Youngji, Jeon

Jun 28, 2024

Fencing Korea. Recovered the top of the 亞 that was taken away by Japan! 'Gold 4X Silver 2XDong 5'A spectacular finale

펜싱코리아

Men's foil team silver medal photo provided = Korea Fencing Association

Women's foil team event

Men's sabre individual exhibition Oh Sang-wook gold

Women's foil solo exhibition Hongse-na gold

Men's sabre team event 4 consecutive losses

'golden guys' women's epee team event for four consecutive years

Fencing Korea has regained its Asian top position, which was lost to Japan, in a year.

The South Korean fencing team won the 2024 Asian Fencing Championship in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

South Korea won a silver medal in the men's foil team event and a bronze medal in the women's sabre team event on the 28th (Korea time), ranking first overall and achieving a remarkable finish.

The men's foil team consisting of Ha Tae-kyu (Chungnam Sports Council), Lim Chul-woo, Lee Kwang-hyun and Yoon Jung-hyun (Hwaseong City Hall) advanced to the final by beating world No. 1 Japan 45-41 in the semifinals and then lost to world No. 5 China 36-45 in the final to win a silver medal.

Women's foil team bronze medal

Women's sabre team bronze medal.

The women's sabre team consisting of Yoon Ji-soo, Jeon Ha-young (Seoul City Hall), Choi Se-bin (Jeonnam Provincial Government), and Jeon Eun-hye (Incheon Jung-gu Office) won the bronze medal by beating Japan 45-37 in the 3-4th place match after losing 36-45 to Kazakhstan in the semifinals.

Women's foil team bronze medal

Men's foil silver, women's sabre bronze.

Women's epee team gold medal

Women's epee Kang Young-mi and Song Sera individual bronze medal

South Korean fencing added two medals on the final day of the tournament, winning the overall title with four gold medals, two silver medals and five bronze medals. It continued its 12-game losing streak until 2022 and regained the top spot a year after giving up the overall title to Japan last year. In particular, the world's strongest men's sabre 'New Avengers', which aims to win its third consecutive team event in Paris, showed off its robustness by strengthening teamwork with four consecutive Asian gold medals, while the women's epee 'Golden Child' also proved their class by winning two bronze medals in individual events along with four consecutive team events. The revival of the men's and women's foil event, which has been sluggish recently, is also a welcome sign. In the women's individual foil event, where the generational change is taking place, Hong Sena (Ansan City Hall) won the gold medal, and the men's foil won the silver medal in the team event, raising confidence. Less than a month before the Paris Olympics, South Korean fencing swept the Asian podium, raising morale.

◇ 4 gold medals

▶Men's Sabres Team Exhibition - Oh Sang-wook (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), Koo Bon-gil (Korea Sports Promotion Foundation), Park Sang-won (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), Ha Ha-sol (Seongnam City Hall)

▶Women's epee Team Exhibition - Song Se-ra (Busan Metropolitan City Hall), Lee Hye-in (Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province), Kang Young-mi (Seo-gu Office, Gwangju Metropolitan City), Choi In-jeong (Gyeryong City Hall)

▶Women's Fleure Individual Exhibition-Hong Sena (Ansan City Hall)

▶Men's Sabre Individual Exhibition - Oh Sang-wook (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall)

◇ 2 silver medals

▶Women's Sabre Individual Exhibition - Yoon Ji-soo (Seoul Metropolitan Government)

▶Men's foil team event - Ha Tae-gyu (Chungnam Sports Council), Lim Chul-woo, Lee Kwang-hyun, Yoon Jung-hyun (Hwaseong City Hall)

◇5 bronze medals

▶Women's Epee Individual Exhibition - Song Se-ra (Busan Metropolitan City Hall), Kang Young-mi (Seo-gu Office, Gwangju Metropolitan City)

▶Women's Sabre Individual Exhibition-Ha Young (Seoul Metropolitan Government)

▶Women's Fleure Team Exhibition - Hong Se-na (Ansan City Hall), Kim Ki-yeon (Seongnam City Hall), Lee Se-joo (Chungbuk City Hall), Park Ji-hee (Seoul Metropolitan Government)

▶Women's Sabres Team Exhibition - Yoon Ji-soo, Jeon Ha-young (Seoul City Hall), Choi Se-bin (Jeonnam Provincial Office), Jeon Eun-hye (Incheon Jung-gu Office)

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