Men's saber "We will write a new history with 3 consecutive wins in team competition"... Women's epee: "Gold medal this time"
The fencing team, which is expected to become a 'big hit' at the Paris Olympics in two months, is determined to continue its 'golden streak'.
On the 27th, the national fencing team held a media day at the national athletes' village in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, and announced their preparations for the Paris Olympics and their aspirations ahead of the competition. 바카라사이트
Starting with the first gold medal (Kim Young-ho, men's foil individual event) and bronze medal (men's epee individual event Lee Sang-ki) at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Korean fencing has continued its medal streak in the past five Olympics, establishing itself as a 'big name' in comprehensive international competitions.
In particular, since London 2012 (2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze), the team has won gold medals in all three recent competitions.
At the 2021 Tokyo Games, there were gold medals in the men's saber team event, silver medals in the women's epee team event, and bronze medals in the men's saber individual event (Kim Jeong-hwan), the men's epee team event, and the women's saber team event.
Ahead of this year's Paris Games, the number of events and number of participants for the entire Korean team has decreased significantly compared to previous years, and fencing is attracting attention as a flagship sport along with archery.
In this atmosphere, the leaders who attended the media day that day seemed particularly cautious about mentioning the Olympic goal in detail. Jo Jong-hyung, vice president of the Korea Fencing Association, said, "It will not be easy to win two gold medals as the goal of the Korea Sports Council, but we will try our best." revealed.
Vice Chairman Cho said, “We believe that the Olympics will be more difficult than ever in the fencing world due to generational changes,” adding, “We will become one and prepare with strong teamwork.”
At the Paris Olympics, Korean fencing will compete in the men's saber, women's epee, and women's saber team events.
In each of these three events that have qualified for the team event, three Korean players can also participate in the individual event.
The sport receiving the most attention is definitely the men's saber, which is attempting to win its third consecutive Olympic team title.
In the men's saber team, Oh Sang-wook (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall) and Koo Bon-gil (National Sports Promotion Foundation), who have been active as existing key members including the Tokyo Olympics, are joined by newcomers Park Sang-won (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall) and Do Gyeong-dong (Armed Forces Athletic Corps), heading to Paris.
Men's saber coach Won Woo-young, a gold medalist in the team event at the London Olympics, said, "The United States, which is on the rise recently, and Hungary, where the same members have been working together for a long time, are strong competitors, but we are analyzing and preparing for them," and added, "The meaning of three consecutive wins in the team event is special, so it is a new history."
“I will try to use it,” he said emphatically.
Koo Bon-gil, who became the eldest member of the national team, said, “Our goal is to bring home gold medals in both the individual and team events.”
The women's epee team retained its members, including Song Se-ra (Busan Metropolitan City Hall), Lee Hye-in (Gangwon Provincial Office), Kang Young-mi (Gwangju Metropolitan City Seo-gu Office), and Choi In-jeong (Gyeryong City Hall), who together won the silver medal in the team event at the Tokyo Olympics and the gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year.