Gu Bon-gil is out of the individual men’s sabre contest at the 2024 Paris Olympics, losing 15-8 in the round of 32 against Tunisia's Fares Ferjani at the Grand Palais.
Men's team sabre and women's team epee are the events to watch.
Kang Kyung-min embraces the pressure of being part of the sole Korean handball team at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Other athletes, including swimmer Hwang Sun-woo and weightlifter Park Hye-jeong, seek to end medal droughts in their respective sports.
Korea won both gold and silver in the Asian Games men’s sabre on Monday as Oh Sang-uk and Gu Bon-gil faced off in an all-Korean final at Hangzhou Dianzi University Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China.
The 19th Asian Games kicked off with a grand opening ceremony in Hangzhou, China, featuring a 90-minute performance and the parade of athletes from 45 teams. The largest Asiad Games in history will see more than 12,000 athletes compete in 40 sports
Clockwise from top left: Fencers Kim Jung-hwan, Do Gyeong-dong, Gu Bon-gil and Oh Sang-uk pose for a picture after winning the gold medal in men's sabre at the first Fencing World Cup of the 2022-23 season in Algeria on Sunday.
The Korean national fencing team, from left to right: Kim Jun-ho, Kim Jung-hwan, Oh Sang-uk and Gu Bon-gil, celebrate after winning the team gold medal at the 39th Villa de Madrid Men's Sabre World Cup in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday.
After returning from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in style, the Korean men's sabre team took gold at the Fencing World Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia on Monday. The women's team also took silver, proving Team Korea is still on top of their game.
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