Koo Bon-gil, Park Sang-won, and Do Kyung-dong celebrate after winning against France in the semifinals of the men’s sabre team fencing event at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France on the 31st (local time), confirming their advance to the finals.
The men’s sabre team has defeated the host country France and advanced to the finals. With this, they are just one step away from a three-peat at the Olympics.
The sabre team, consisting of Oh Sang-wook (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), Gu Bon-gil (Korea Sports Promotion Foundation), Park Sang-won (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), and Do Kyung-dong (Armed Forces Athletic Corps), defeated France 45-39 in the semifinals of the men’s sabre team event at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France on the 31st (local time). The
Korean team, ranked 1st in the world, is considered a strong candidate to win this competition. Park Sang-won and Do Kyung-dong, who joined the team after the retirement of original ‘Appengers (Avengers + Fencing)’ members Kim Jung-hwan and Kim Jun-ho, have shown off their outstanding skills and established themselves as the ‘New Appengers’. Korea won gold medals in the 2012 London Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in succession. The men’s sabre team event was not held at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Earlier, national team star Oh Sang-wook won the men’s sabre individual event on the 28th, giving Korea its first gold medal in this competition. Oh Sang-wook, the first Korean male sabre player to succeed in a gold medal, is aiming for a double crown in this competition.
Korea, which has advanced to the final, will face the winner of the Iran-Hungary match. The final will be held at 3:30 a.m. on August 1, Korean time. 파워볼사이트
