There's no doubt that the 12 medals, including six golds, are a testament to the years of blood, sweat and tears of the athletes, but Team Korea is under the spotlight for more than just their talent.
Fencer Oh Sang-uk won Korea's first gold medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday, beating Fares Ferjani of Tunisia in the mens' individual sabre final at the Grand Palais in Palace.
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.
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.
Korea won the women’s sabre World Cup gold medal in Istanbul, Turkey on Sunday and two men’s individual World Cup bronze medals in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday.
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.
After returning from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in style, the men's team sabre gold medalists Kim Jung-hwan and Oh Sang-uk are still at the top of their game, winning the gold and bronze medal respectively at the FIE Fencing Grand Prix.
After returning from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in style, men's sabre team gold medalists Kim Jung-hwan and Oh Sang-uk are still at the top of their game.
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