"What's wrong with you?" The first gold medal in South Korea is 'Oh Sang-gu' North Korea's No. 2 entry → The Paris Olympics, which even caused a mishap with Oh Sang-wook's name
Jul 28, 2024
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Oh Sang-wook won the gold medal in the men's sabre individual fencing final at the 2024 Paris Olympics in Grand Palais, Paris, France on the 28th (Korea time).
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 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.
However, the Paris Olympics left another stain. The official SNS account was under fire for misrepresenting Oh Sang-wook's English name, who presented his first gold medal to South Korea.
The official social media of the Paris Olympics left a congratulatory message with a photo of Oh Sang-wook confirming the medal and roaring. However, he came with the most important player name. Instead of Oh Sang-wook, the name was marked Oh Sang-gu.
Eventually, he pointed out that the fans would come. Since then, the account has been renamed Oh Sanguk.
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About 50 Taegeuk Warriors, who were on the cruise ship on behalf of 143 Korean players, entered as the 48th out of 206 participating countries. According to the French alphabet 'Coree', not the English alphabet 'Korea', it was followed by Cook Island.
However, he made a fatal mistake by an in-house announcer who introduced Korea as the DPRK. After a male announcer introduced Korea in French as 'Republique populaire democratique de coree', a female announcer repeatedly introduced 'Democratic People ´ Republic of Korea' in English.
Both French and English were words referring to North Korea. The official name of Korea is 'Republique de coree' in French and 'Republique of Korea' in English.
North Korea was the 153rd to enter the country according to the French national name notation. The in-house announcer recognized the mistakes made when entering South Korea, and North Korea properly called out both French and English. North Korea has entered the country twice without South Korea.
The South Korean team also took an emergency response. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued an urgent explanatory document and stated that it regrets introducing the country name as 'North Korea (French: Republique populaire democratique de coree, English: Democratic People of Korea)' at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
In the end, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) apologized on the same day. IOC President Thomas Bach spoke with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the phone today, the IOC said on its website. We sincerely apologized for misrepresentation of the South Korean squad at the opening ceremony, saying the matter was identified as a human error, and the IOC deeply regrets it.
He also congratulated President Yoon Suk Yeol on the South Korean team's first medal in shooting, he added. The IOC also delivered an apology letter to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in the name of Chairman Bach.
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