Swimmer Hwang Sun-woo and Fencer Oh Sang-uk Eyeing Second Consecutive Individual Gold Medals Today

Leading South Korean swimming and fencing stars Hwang Sun-woo (Gangwon State Office) and Oh Sang-uk (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall) are setting out to win consecutive Asian Games gold medals.

Hwang will compete in the men's 200-meter freestyle event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre today (September 23).

Preliminaries are scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m., with the final set for 5:24 p.m.

Having won the gold medal in his signature 200-meter event by setting a South Korean record (1:44.40) at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, Hwang is aiming to defend his title.

Although he faced disappointment at the 2024 Paris Olympics by failing to reach the final, he brightened his prospects for the Asian Games by breaking into the 1-minute 43-second range (1:43.92) at the National Sports Festival last year.

Oh Sang-uk, a double gold medalist in men's sabre at the Paris Olympics, will take to the strip for the men's individual sabre event at the Aichi Sky Expo.

Having swept both the individual and team events in men's sabre at the Hangzhou Asian Games and the Paris Olympics, Oh is challenging for a second consecutive double crown at the Asian Games.

He will engage in friendly competition with Do Kyung-dong (Daegu Metropolitan City Hall), who finished as the runner-up at this year's World Championships.

"Golden gunshots" are also expected at the shooting range.

Paris Olympics women's 10-meter air pistol gold medalist Oh Ye-jin (IBK Corporate Bank) will compete alongside Kim Bo-mi (Busan City Hall) and Chu Ga-eun (Imsil County Office), targeting two gold medals in both the individual and team events.

Badminton women's singles powerhouse An Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) will compete with her teammates in the women's team semifinals at the Ichinomiya City Gymnasium in Aichi Prefecture.

Their opponents are from Japan.

The national baseball team will play its final Group B match against Thailand, and the women's handball national team will play its third round-robin match against Uzbekistan.

(Photo: Yonhap News)
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