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The men's sabre fencing national team staged a miraculous comeback at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games to achieve their fourth consecutive team victory. Ace Oh Sang-uk led the team to victory by scoring four consecutive points at the edge of defeat.
Reporter Hong Seok-jun has this report from Nagoya.
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Trailing host Japan 40:39 in the team final, the men's sabre team sent out ace Oh Sang-uk as their final anchor.
However, Oh was rattled, receiving a warning for protesting a referee's decision, and was pushed to the brink of defeat at 44:41, just one point away from losing.
From that moment on, Oh's miraculous play began.
He succeeded in a counterattack with a lightning-fast thrust,
[Do Gyeong-dong / National Fencing Sabre Team Member: It's not over yet!]
Encouraged by Do Gyeong-dong, Oh picked up one point with his signature long lunge and another with an exquisite attack, finally evening the score at 44:44.
Then, stretching out his leg, he sealed the match and let out a roar.
The moment the gold medal was confirmed after a video review, the athletes embraced and cheered, holding the Taegeukgi high on the piste to savor the joy of their fourth straight team title.
Having previously achieved two consecutive individual titles, Oh wrote a new history by becoming a double gold medalist for the second straight time.
[Do Gyeong-dong / National Fencing Sabre Team Member: Before going in, Sang-uk hyung told me it was going to be alright and that he would turn it around and come back.]
[Oh Sang-uk / National Fencing Sabre Team Member: I didn't think it would be this difficult. Since everyone has their own individual brand, we talked a lot about how coming together would make us even stronger.]
The women's foil team suffered a comeback defeat against Japan, settling for a silver medal.
Having secured a total of eight medals, including three golds, South Korean fencing will go after its final medals today (27th) in the men's épée and women's sabre team events.
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(Video Journalist: Yang Doo-won, Choi Dae-woong | Video Editor: Park Jung-sam)
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