'New Avengers' 45-33 win over Canada to advance to the semifinals easily! He did well for the first time in three consecutive losses
Jul 31, 2024
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The Korean men's sabre team (world No. 1) of Koo Bon-gil (35, Korea Sports Promotion Corporation, world No. 22), Oh Sang-wook (28, world No. 1), Park Sang-won (24, world No. 23), and Do Kyung-dong (25, national sports unit, world No. 75) advanced to the semifinals by beating Canada (10th) 45-33 in the quarterfinals of the men's sabre team at the Paris Olympics held in Grand Palais, Paris, France, at 8:30 p.m. on the 31st (Korea time).
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2 Bout 'The eldest' Koo Bon-gil faced Shaul Gordon. He succeeded in reading the video and balanced it to 1-1, but lost three points and fell to 1-4. However, he overcame the crisis with the officials of veteran veteran Baek Jeon. The gap was narrowed to 3-6, 8-10, and the baton was handed over to Park Sang-won, a junior at 3 bouts. Park Sang-won, who caused a stir by catching world No. 7 U.S. ace Colin Heathcock in the individual competition, came out as a runner to turn the tables against Francois Koshon. It was a calm and aggressive play that was unbelievable even for the first Olympics. He scored three points to come from behind to win 11-10, and finished 15-11, widening the gap.
After Koo Bon-gil, who was attached to 4 Bout Arpa, finished 20-18, 5 Bout 'Individual Olympic Champion' Oh Sang-wook faced Koshong. The unique cool stabbing was followed by 5-1, 25-19, and the score gap widened to 6 points again.
6 Bout Park Sang-won faced Gordon. The tight flow continued, but he finished the mission 5-2 with a clean and lightning attack. It was 30-21, nine points apart.
Koo Bon-gil, who warmed up for seven bouts, roared hot against Koshong, scoring four points. It was 5-1, 35-22. It was 13 points apart. As soon as 8-bat Park Sang-won gave up two points to Arpa, he recovered two points with a strong offensive. The youngest swordsman, who was born in 2000, showed brilliant fighting. 5-5, 40-27 'Final Weapon' to Oh Sang-wook for the final piste.
9 Bout Oh Sang-wook overcame Gordon's last resistance to clinch the first Olympic team event of 45-33, New Avengers.
'New Avengers' will compete against the winner of the Egypt-France match in the semifinals at 10:50 p.m. Attention is focusing on whether the New Avengers will be able to wipe the tears of the women's epee team the day before, as well as the home turf and fencing master France.
South Korea, ranked No. 1 in the world, is a strong favorite. In London (Won Woo-young, Oh Eun-seok, Kim Jung-hwan, Koo Bon-gil) in 2012, and Tokyo (Kim Jung-hwan, Koo Bon-gil, Kim Jun-ho, Oh Sang-wook) in 2021, he won the gold medal in succession, earning the nickname 'The Avengers (Fencing + Avengers)'. Ahead of the Paris Olympics, after Kim Jung-hwan and Kim Jun-ho announced their retirement from the national team, Park Sang-won and Do Kyung-dong joined. With Koo Bon-gil and Oh Sang-wook of the 'Original Avengers', the juniors grew up wildly. The new and old harmony 'New Avengers' continues to challenge the new history of world fencing in Paris and the unprecedented team event for three consecutive years. It is an important match in which Oh Sang-wook, the individual champion, is also at stake for the first two gold medals in Korean fencing.
Paris = Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
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