South Korea fencing team member Oh Sang-wook is delighted after successfully attacking Tunisia's Fares Ferzani in the men's sabre individual final held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France on the 28th (Korean time).
The South Korean team, which won five gold medals early on, will aim for an additional gold medal on the fifth day of the opening ceremony, the 31st (Korean time). The highlight of the day will be whether the 'New Appangers (Avengers + Fencing)', led by Oh Sang-wook (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), the star of South Korea's men's sabre, who won gold in the individual event, will be able to win a third consecutive Olympic title. The
sabre team, which has newly added Park Sang-won (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall) and Do Kyung-dong (Armed Forces Athletic Corps) to the existing Oh Sang-wook and Gu Bon-gil (National Sports Promotion Foundation), will go after a third consecutive gold medal, following the 2012 London and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The
fencing team event rotates events at the Olympics, so the men's sabre team event was not held at the 2016 Rio Games, and it is an event in which South Korea has consistently maintained its top spot.
There are concerns as long-time teammates Kim Jung-hwan and Kim Jun-ho are out, but Koo Bon-gil and Oh Sang-wook expressed confidence, saying, “We’ve become stronger. With the addition of new players, we’ve become a more energetic team.”
The Korean men’s sabre fencing team has already won one gold medal in the individual event.
Oh Sang-wook, the star player of the national team, won the men’s sabre individual event on the 28th, becoming the first gold medalist for the Korean team in the Paris Games.
Oh Sang-wook, who succeeded in winning the gold medal as the first Korean male sabre player with a flashy performance such as the ‘180-degree leg split,’ is aiming for a second gold medal at the event.
Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance), a female badminton 'signboard' who is advancing with the goal of winning, will also play the final match of the Group A preliminary round against Qu Xuefei (France). Ahn Se-young, who easily defeated Kobijana Nalvantova (Bulgaria) in the first match, will advance to the quarterfinals if she defeats Qu Xuefei. The
mixed doubles pairs of Seo Seung-jae (Samsung Life Insurance) - Chae Yu-jeong (Incheon International Airport) and Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) - Jeong Na-eun (Hwasun County Office) will also play quarterfinals against players from Hong Kong and Malaysia, respectively.
The Korean archery team, aiming for the grand prize at this competition, is now aiming for the individual gold medal.
Lee Woo-seok (Kolon Xtenboys) and Kim Je-deok (Yecheon County Office), who led the men’s team gold medalists, and Nam Su-hyeon (Suncheon City Hall), who contributed to the historic 10th consecutive Olympic victory, will compete in the individual round of 32 and round of 16, respectively.
Park Ha-jun (kt), who won a surprise silver medal in the 10m air rifle mixed event on the second day of the opening ceremony, will aim for an additional medal in the 50m rifle 3 positions.
Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air), who won a valuable bronze medal in the mixed doubles, will also compete in the round of 32 of the women's individual event. Her opponent will be Georgina Fota of Hungary. Shin Yu-bin, who was eliminated in the round of 32 at the Tokyo Games three years ago, has been growing rapidly recently and maintaining good skills. 파워볼사이트
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