South Korea Wins Men's Sabre Team Gold at Fencing Asian Championships; Oh Sang-uk Secures Double Crown

The South Korean men's sabre fencing team has reclaimed the top spot in the team event at the Asian Championships for the first time in two years.

The men's sabre team, consisting of Oh Sang-uk, Park Sang-won (both from Daejeon City Hall), Do Gyeong-dong (Daegu City Hall), and Hwang Hee-geun (Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps), won the team event at the Asian Championships held in New Delhi, India, today (June 23).

The men's sabre team, which has been undergoing a generational shift around the time of winning the team gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, finished as runners-up behind Japan at last year's Asian Championships, missing out on a fourth consecutive title. However, they have now achieved victory once again after two years.

The men's sabre team will challenge for their fourth consecutive team title at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, which will be held this September.

Team "ace" Oh Sang-uk swept both the individual and team events, securing a double crown at this tournament.

After receiving a bye in the round of 16, the men's sabre team defeated Saudi Arabia 45-24 in the quarterfinals and Kazakhstan 45-34 in the semifinals.

In the final, which was a Korea-Japan showdown, they secured a decisive 45-29 victory.

In the women's foil team event held on the same day, Park Ji-hee, Sim So-eun (both from Seoul City Hall), Mo Byeol-i (Incheon Jung-gu Office), and Lee Se-ju (North Chungcheong Province Office) competed and won the bronze medal, finishing behind Japan and China.

While the administrative functions of the Korea Fencing Federation have been paralyzed due to a blockade protest at the Olympic Park Handball Stadium in Seoul—where the federation is located—over the shortage of ballots in the June 3 local elections, the fencing national team participating in this tournament is currently in second place overall with two gold, one silver, and five bronze medals.

The national team will aim for additional medals in the women's sabre and men's epee team events on June 23, and the women's epee and men's foil team events on June 24.

(Photo courtesy of Korea Fencing Federation, Yonhap News)
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