"New Avengers, a great challenge that never existed in this world" Olympic 3rd consecutive win X Oh Sang-wook 2nd gold medal is written by Shinhwa

Jul 31, 2024

Helping Oh Sang-wook

Men's fencing sabre team

'The center of the New Avengers' Oh Sang-wook (Daejeon City Hall) will challenge for the first time in Olympic fencing.

Oh Sang-wook will take on another gold medal challenge with Koo Bon-gil (National Sports Promotion Agency), Park Sang-won (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), and Do Kyung-dong (National Military Sports Unit) in the men's sabre team event at the Paris Olympics at 8:30 p.m. on the 31st (Korea time).

South Korea, ranked No. 1 in the world, is a strong favorite for the event. 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, there was also a crisis as Kim Jung-hwan, the eldest brother of 'The Avengers', and Kim Joon-ho, the team's ace, announced their retirement from the national team. However, as 'Veteran' Kim Jung-hwan held out for a long time after the Hangzhou Asian Games until just before the Paris Olympics, he led his juniors such as Park Sang-won and Do Kyung-dong to improve their skills, and as he trained with Koo Bon-gil and Oh Sang-wook of the 'World Class', his juniors' skills also took off.

Fencing Master Daejeon Maebong Middle and High School Guldae Sunbae Oh Sang-wook-Park Sang-won

Fencing prestigious Daegu Oseong High School Senior and Junior Koo Bon-gil and Dokyung-dong.

Oh Sang-wook's junior at Maebong Middle School in Daejeon, Park Sang-won, a junior at Oh Sung High School, and Do Kyung-dong, a junior at Oh Sung High School in Koo Bon-gil, and 'New Avengers' are outstanding. In the team competition, where three people take turns and take charge of five points, and nine-bout 45 points, it is important how hard they push the short five points with confidence. In the run-up to the Paris Olympics, Do Kyung-dong received a lot of know-how in team events from Kim Jun-ho, a senior who was strong in team events," he said, expressing confidence. Park Sang-won, who turned U.S. top ranker Colin Heathcock (7th in the world) in the 32nd round of his first individual match at the Olympics and reached the round of 16, is a junior recognized by Oh Sang-wook and Koo Bon-gil. "My brothers are telling me to do whatever I want because I'm behind them. I'll do everything I can for the team" expressed a determined determination.

Korea's first gold medal

Oh Sang-wook presented his first gold medal to the South Korean team with his first Olympic victory history in the men's sabre individual event on the 28th. It has risen to No. 1 in the world. If he wins the team event, he will become the first two gold medals in Korean fencing history. Park Sang-won also proved his remarkable growth by reaching the quarterfinals in his first Olympics. Koo Bon-gil, who was the youngest player at the 2012 London gold medal, has become a veteran and the oldest player who has competed in four consecutive Olympics. In the final of the Tokyo Olympics "Don't doubt it!He is a brave, single-handed fighter who instilled the world's strongest winning mentality in Korea. He will challenge the history of winning three consecutive Olympics in the Sabres team event with his juniors who were born in the year 2000.

The men's sabre team event, which will write a new history for fencing Korea, will start with the quarterfinals. The world's No. 1 men's sabre team event is South Korea, No. 2 is the U.S., No. 3 is Hungary, and No. 4 is France. At 8:30 p.m. on the 31st, he will start his great challenge against Canada in the quarterfinals.

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