Fencer Do Gyeong-dong Wins Silver at Sabre World Championships for Best Individual Record

Do Gyeong-dong (Daegu City Hall) has claimed the silver medal in the men's individual sabre event at the Fencing World Championships.

Yesterday (July 27, local time), Do finished as the runner-up behind Pavel Graudyn (Russia) at the 2026 World Championships men's individual sabre event held in Hong Kong.

Do, a member of the gold medal-winning men's sabre team at the 2024 Paris Olympics where he served as a reserve player, has since shown steady growth and established himself as a key starter.

He captured his first individual title at the Asian Championships last year, and took home an individual bronze medal at the World Cup held in Padua, Italy, in April of this year.

Now, he has stood on the podium for the first time in an individual event at the World Championships.

This marks the first time in seven years that a South Korean fencer has reached the podium in the men's individual sabre at the World Championships, since Oh Sang-uk (Daejeon City Hall) won the title in 2019.

In this individual tournament, Do defeated Nazarbay Satarkhan (Kazakhstan) 15-9 in his opening match of the round of 64, and then edged out national teammate Park Sang-won (Daejeon City Hall) 15-13 in the round of 32.

He went on to beat Luo Xiaotong (China) 15-10 in the round of 16, and kept his momentum going by defeating last year's individual champion Sandro Bazadze (Georgia) 15-11 in the quarterfinals.

After defeating Mohamed Amer (Egypt) 15-12 in the semifinals, Do fell behind early against Graudyn in the final and lost 7-15.

Oh Sang-uk, who competed alongside him, was eliminated in the round of 32 to finish 20th, while Park Sang-won, who lost to Do, placed 24th.

Following the gold medal won by women's épée fencer Song Se-ra (Busan City Hall), South Korean fencing concluded the individual events by securing its second medal through Do.

The team events for each discipline will take place from today through the day after tomorrow.

(Photo courtesy of the Korean Fencing Federation, Yonhap News)
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