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| Oh Sang-wook, who won the individual gold medal in the fencing men's sabre of the '2024 Paris Olympics" at Grand Palais in Paris, France, on the 28th (Korea time), looks at the Korean national flag. Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.28/ |
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| Oh Sang-wook, who won the individual final of the fencing men's sabre held in Grand Palais, Paris, France on the 28th (Korea time), won the gold medal against Tunisian Perjani. Oh Sang-wook holding the Korean flag. Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.28/ |
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"I want to thank the members of the Tokyo Olympics 'The Avengers"
Finally, Oh Sang-wook (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), who won the Olympic gold medal in the individual event, was the first to give credit to his teammates who had been with him for a long time. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Korean team's first gold medal was 'Flower Handsome Penseo' Oh Sang-wook. Oh Sang-wook defeated Tunisia's Fares Perjani 15-11 in the men's sabre individual final at the 2024 Paris Olympics held in Grand Palais, Paris, France on the 28th (Korea time). Standing at the top of the Olympic podium, Oh gave South Korea its first gold medal on the first day of the competition.
It is the fourth time that Korean fencing has won the individual competition, following Kim Young-ho, who won the gold medal in the men's foil at the 2000 Sydney Games, Kim Ji-yeon, who won the surprise gold medal in the women's sabre at the 2012 London Games, and Park Sang-young, who impressed the men's epee in the 2016 Rio Games. Oh became the first Olympic gold medalist in the men's sabre individual event. Previously, Kim Jung-hwan's bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Games and the last Tokyo Games was the best.
Oh became a grand slammer with this gold medal. Oh Sang-wook, who won the 2019 Asian Championship, the 2019 World Championship, and the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, even won the Olympic gold medal in the final puzzle, achieving the dignity of the individual Grand Slam. Oh Sang-wook is the first Korean player to reach the Grand Slam in an individual competition. Oh Sang-wook, who succeeded in the Grand Slam early in the team event, rose to the rank of the Sabres 'GOAT' in name and reality.
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| Oh Sang-wook, who won the individual gold medal in the fencing men's sabre held in Grand Palais, Paris, France on the 28th (Korea time), is kissing the gold medal. Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.28/ |
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| Oh Sang-wook, who won the individual final of the fencing men's sabre held in Grand Palais, Paris, France on the 28th (Korea time), faced Tunisian Perjani and won the gold medal. Oh Sang-wook cheers after scoring the final goal. Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.28/ |
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Oh Sang-wook, whom I met in the mixed zone, said "I'm so happy. I want to take a rest, but I will rest comfortably after winning the team gold medal." Then "I didn't know it was the first gold medal for the Korean team in this tournament. After it was over, people around me told me. There is a meaning for the first gold medal, and there is also a meaning of having a grand slam. I think this medal has given me a great honor."
Oh Sang-wook's pick was the quarterfinals. Initially, Hungary's Aaron Silage, who won three consecutive Olympics, was expected, but Canada's Fares Arpa, who beat him, came up. Oh Sang-wook wanted to compete with Silaji. I didn't think Arpa would come up. There was no data. I had a hard and bad idea, but Coach Sam 'There's no one to beat you. He said, 'You just have to play it.'"
In the final, he pushed his opponent unilaterally, but he allowed his opponent to chase hard with only one point left. Oh Sang-wook said "On the contrary, the final opponent was a more demanding player. The opponent was also behind. I quickly decided that I would come in thinking about this and that"The other person was chasing me, and I was sweating a lot all over my body. That's how nervous I was, and I thought I would get caught here. Coach Sam's words helped me a lot.
Oh has taken a step further since the Tokyo Games, where he dreamed of winning a gold medal. I changed my style, too. "In the past, there were a lot of draw decisions, but now they're gone. Someone has to score, but in that sense, I tried to play fencing that waited a little longer rather than just running in." He overcame his slump. He "At the end of the day it was a matter of mindset. I was injured and couldn't do it, so I couldn't do it. I just trained while rolling my body as much as I could, and this helped me a lot to overcome the trauma."
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| Oh Sang-wook, who won the individual final of the fencing men's sabre held in Grand Palais, Paris, France on the 28th (Korea time), faced Tunisian Perjani and won the gold medal. Oh Sang-wook cheers after scoring. Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.28/ |
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| Oh Sang-wook, who won the individual gold medal in the fencing men's sabre '2024 Paris Olympics" at Grand Palais in Paris on the 28th (Korea time), poses with Tunisian Perjani (left) and Italian Samelle, the silver medal. Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.28/ |
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He thanked the members of 'The Avengers' who collaborated for the gold medal in the team event at the Tokyo Olympics. Oh Sang-wook said, `The most memorable moment after the Tokyo Games was when Kim Jun-ho and Kim Jung-hwan retired. I grew up with the older members, but there was a big change when I went out"Someone would have won the gold medal even if it wasn't me. I'd like to say it's all thanks to the brothers. I want to say thank you to the Tokyo members."
Oh Sang-wook is now aiming for a two-time Olympic champion. He is also aiming for his third consecutive team win. Oh Sang-wook said "Individual competitions are a little worse because they were good at playing alone, but team competitions are better because they have the taste of overcoming and filling together " Coaches say the results are fixed. I'll just do my best."
vanbasten@sportschosun.com
