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[Asian Games] Fencing Women's Saber and Men's Epee, Lost in Korea-Japan Match, Won Bronze Medal in Team Event
Korea wins overall Asian Games fencing title for the 4th time in a row with 6 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze... All group winners won prizes
On the final day of the fencing event at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, the women's saber and men's epee teams each added bronze medals in the team event. 토토사이트
The women's saber team, consisting of Ji-soo Yoon, Ha-eun Hong (Seoul Metropolitan City Hall), Eun-hye Jeon (Jung-gu Office, Incheon Metropolitan City), and Se-bin Choi (Jeonnam Provincial Office), lost 42-45 to Japan in the semifinals of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games team event held at the Hangzhou Electronics College gymnasium in China on the 29th.
He lost and failed to advance to the finals, finishing in 3rd place.
In fencing at the Asian Games, a joint bronze medal is awarded to the losers of the semifinals in both individual and team competitions.
Korea set its sights on winning its third consecutive team title in the women's saber at the Asian Games, following the 2014 Incheon and 2018 Jakarta-Palembang competitions, but turned around without being able to surpass Japan, led by Misaki Emura, who won her second consecutive individual title at the World Championships.
Yoon Ji-soo's bid to win two gold medals, who had decorated her first individual medal in the Asian Games three days ago with gold, also failed.
Korea, which defeated Hong Kong 45-25 in the quarterfinals on this day, showed an early disadvantage in the semifinals between Korea and Japan.
However, in the 4th round, Eunhye Jeon scored 9 points against Shihomi Fukushima, and in the 5th round, Sebin Choi overwhelmed Emura 7-1, turning the tide to 25-21.
Korea seemed to be close to advancing to the finals with a 40-31 lead through the 8th round, but in the 9th round, when the leading players of both teams faced each other, Ji-soo Yoon only scored two points against Emura and gave up 14 points, resulting in a come-from-behind defeat. hugged
In the women's saber team finals, Japan will face Uzbekistan, which defeated China in the semifinals.
Bronze medals were also won in the men's epee team event in which Youngjun Kwon (Iksan City Hall), Jaewon Kim (Chungbuk Fencing Association), Segeon Ma (Busan Metropolitan City Hall), and Taejin Son (Sejong City Sports Council) participated.
Korea defeated Kuwait 45-29 in the round of 16 and secured a medal by winning 45-41 in a close match against the home team China in the quarterfinals.
However, in the semifinals against Japan, which had individual gold and silver medalists (Kano Koki and Akira Komata), they lost 34-45 and had to be satisfied with a tie for third place.
The men's epee team final was narrowed down to a match between Japan and Kazakhstan.
Korean fencing, which took bronze medals in both team events on the last day, finished the Hangzhou Asian Games with six gold medals, three silver medals, and three bronze medals.
Korea has won the overall fencing title at the Asian Games for the fourth time in a row since the 2010 Guangzhou Games.
The gold medals in this competition came from the men's saber individual (Oh Sang-wook) and team event, the women's epee individual (Choi In-jeong) and team event, the women's saber individual event (Yoon Ji-soo), and the men's foil team event.
She won silver medals in the men's saber individual event (Goo Bon-gil), women's epee individual event (Song Sera), and women's foil team event, and won bronze medals in the women's foil individual event (Hong Se-na), women's saber and men's epee team event.
All participating athletes won prizes in the six team events.