Sang-wook Oh (Seongnam City Hall), the world's No. 1 fencing men's saber, was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics individual event.
Sang-wook Oh lost 13-15 to Sandro Bazaze (Georgia) in the quarterfinals of the men's saber competition held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan today (24th).
Oh Sang-wook, who has won two gold medals at the 2019 World Championships and has been maintaining the first men's saber individual world ranking for the second year, was selected as a strong candidate for the gold medal in this event, but was caught by the 7th world ranking Bazaar.
Sang-wook Oh, who received the first seed and started the tournament in the round of 32 without playing the round of 64, defeated Andrew McKiwitz (USA) 15-7 in the first match to advance to the round of 16, and in the round of 16 against Muhammad Amer (Egypt) They won 15-9 despite spraining their left ankle.
Bazae, who met in the quarterfinals, was the opponent Sang-wook Oh recorded 1 win and 1 loss after a one-point difference in two international competitions last year, but he could not win the close battle after being cut at the pace.
Kim Jeong-hwan (National Sports Promotion Agency), a member of the team event winner at the 2012 London Olympics and a bronze medalist in the individual event at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, is the only Korean male saber athlete to enter the semifinals and continue his medal challenge.
Kim Jung-hwan, who defeated Konstantin Rokanov (ROC) 15-11 in the round of 32 and Eli Dushwarts (USA), the world's 2nd place in the round of 16, 15-9, in the quarterfinals against Camille Ibragimov (ROC) in the last 12- They advanced to the semi-finals with a back-man who drove 3 points from a 14 lead.
Kim Jung-hwan will fight for the final with Luigi Samele (Italy) at 7:25 pm.
Another male saber team member, Koo Bon-gil (National Sports Promotion Agency), lost 8-15 to Matthias Schavo (Germany) in the first match, the round of 32.