The greatest challenge for Oh Sang-wook is to meet Silaji
Jul 26, 2024
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'Men's Sabre Ace' Oh Sang-wook (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), who is challenging for the individual gold medal, will win the quarterfinals against Aaron Silaj (Hungary) for the third consecutive gold medal? Ш牡?This is expected. The list of matches for the men's sabre individual fencing team at the Paris Olympics, which will take place at Grand Palais in Paris, France on Monday (Korea time), has been unveiled. World No. 4 Oh Sang-wook is trying to win the Olympic gold medal in this competition. Oh Sang-wook, who unfortunately knelt in the quarterfinals at the last Tokyo Games, where he was ranked No. 1 in the world, was desperate and prepared for the past three years.
Oh Sang-wook will play against Evangiro (Niger) at 7:30 p.m. on the 27th in the round of 32, his first match. If you win the round of 32, you're Yoshida It will face the winner of Gento (Japan) and Ali Pakdaman (Iran) in the round of 16.
In the midst of an easy match, the key is the quarterfinals as well. At this rate, it is highly likely that he will meet Silaji, who is trying to win the gold medal in the individual event for the fourth consecutive time. Silage, who was born in 1990 and is six years older than Oh Sang-wook, is the strongest in the event, winning three consecutive Olympic individual gold medals, including London in 2012, Rio in 2016, and Tokyo in 2012. Currently, he is ranked fifth in the world, but he is aiming for his fourth consecutive Olympic victory with abundant experience.
First of all, Oh Sang-wook is slightly ahead with 7 wins and 4 losses in 11 matches in the Fencing Federation (FIE) competition. Oh Sang-wook also won the semifinals of the Seoul Grand Prix in April last year, the latest showdown. If only the quarterfinals are crossed well, the possibility of a gold medal is even higher.
Koo Bon-gil (National Sports Promotion Agency), who will participate in the men's sabre individual event with Oh Sang-wook, will start the tournament with a round of 32 against Fares Perjani (Tunisia), and Park Sang-won (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall) will play against 18-year-old rookie Colin Heathcock of the United States in the round of 32.
Koo Bon-gil and Park Sang-won can face off in the quarterfinals if they pass the round of 32 and 16, respectively.
Meanwhile, Song Se-ra (Busan Metropolitan City Hall), the star of the women's epee, where the individual event will be held on the same day, will face Martina Svatovska (Poland) in the first round of 32. Lee Hye-in (Gangwon Provincial Office) will play against Witshan (China) and Kang Young-mi (Seo-gu, Gwangju) will play against Nelly Deepert (Estonia), respectively, in the round of 32.
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