'Women's Sabres Show Medal'Choi Se-bin-Ha Young's quarterfinal clash"Securing the semifinals"Yoon Ji-soo is eliminated from the round of 16
Jul 29, 2024
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Choi Se-bin (Jeonnam Provincial Government) and Jeon Ha-young (Seoul Metropolitan Government) succeeded in advancing to the quarterfinals of the women's sabre individual fencing event at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at Grand Palais in Paris, France on the 29th (Korea time). The two will clash in the quarterfinals. No matter who wins, he has secured a place in the semifinals, inflating his dream of a medal.
Choi Se-bin, who beat Tatiana Nazlymov of the U.S. 15-14 in the round of 32, made an extraordinary breakthrough in the round of 16 by defeating Emura Misaki of Japan, who is currently ranked No. 1 in the world, 15-7. Choi Se-bin, who was born in 2000 and ranked 24th in the world, won a bronze medal at the Tunis Grand Prix in January this year and was the first player to win an individual competition at an international competition, and won a landslide victory over Emura, the winner of the 2022 and 2023 World Championships.
Choi's opponent is Ha Young, the youngest member of the women's sabre team. In the round of 32, Jeon defeated Alina Komasichuk (Ukraine) 15 to 8, and in the round of 16, Jeon defeated Nadda Hafez (Egypt) 15 to 7.
Meanwhile, Yoon Ji-soo (Seoul Metropolitan Government), the star of the Korean women's fencing sabre, finished his individual competition journey in the round of 16. Yoon Ji-soo lost to Manon Appiti (France) 9-15 in the round of 16. Yoon Ji-soo, who is also famous as the daughter of KBO talent donation committee member Yoon Hak-gil, who played as the ace of the Lotte Giants in professional baseball in the past, is a gold medalist in the individual event at the Hangzhou Asian Games held last year. At the 2016 Rio Games, he ranked fifth in the team event only, and at the previous Tokyo Games, he won the team bronze medal. In the individual competition, both Tokyo and this tournament did not exceed the round of 16.
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