[Appearance] Men's Fencing Saber National Team, 'Olympic 2nd Consecutive Victory'

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national team players who won gold medals in the men's fencing saber team event for the second time in a row returned to Korea yesterday (29th).

Among them, Kim Jeong-hwan and Koo Bon-gil were invited to the studio.

And I will also be with SBS Fencing commentator Won Woo-young, who achieved a gold medal with the athletes as captain at the London Olympics 9 years ago.

First of all, congratulations to you two.

You brought gold and bronze medals, but let's show them to the viewers first.

It seems to shine more when you look at it up close. It's been a long time since you met your family yesterday, how was it?

[Kim Jung-hwan / Fencing Saber National Team: I was a little grieved at the airport the moment I saw it, and it was a little sad that I couldn't eat like this with many people because of Corona.]

[Gu Bon-gil / National Fencing Saber National Team: After winning a gold medal in the Olympics, I like my wife and my family, so I'm really trying to spend a lot of time with my family now.]

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Won Woo-young is also a commentator How was it to watch your juniors win gold medals in

[Won Woo-young/SBS Commentator (London Olympic Gold Medalist): I think of the past and the memories of the athletes' struggles passed by, so I think I was moved. I'm still a little bit ill. I can't do this now.]

[Gu Bon-gil / Fencing Saber National Team: Well, I lost a bit early in the individual match, so my game sensibility was very low. So, there was a lot of anxiety about it. So I think it was more desperate.]

did you feel

[Kim Jung-hwan / Fencing Saber National Team: My body was in a state of exhaustion and my body was not listening. So, now that it's over, I can't remember just holding the original road and just crying.]

Let's talk while watching the

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video together. It was a semi-final match, and it was the scene where Oh Sang-wook, the last player in the semi-final against Germany, is now finalizing. Commissioner Won Woo-young shed tears, but it's been a few days, but at this time, the emotions are vivid.

[Won Woo-young/SBS Commentator (London Olympic gold medalist): Sure. I'm still in tears, honestly. It was really touching the moment Junghwani was caught on the screen after the main road.]

There was a story that the two of

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cried together while watching Won Wooyoung hyung's broadcast.

[Kim Jung-hwan / Fencing Saber National Team: Because Woo Young-i hyung has never cried in front of us.]

[Koo Bon-gil / National Fencing Saber: But somehow we know that feeling, we seem to know why he cried. So, we also cried because the tip of our noses were wrinkled, but now that Wooyoung hyung’s tears have been passed on to us, I think we were able to win the gold medal in the final.]

[Kim Jung-hwan / National Fencing Saber National Team: If I was a young player like Oh Sang-wook or Kim Jun-ho, I would have competed with physical strength, but since I am an old man, I drew everything I had. It is said that through the Olympics, they once again felt that they needed such a sense of urgency.]

[Gu Bon-gil / National Fencing Saber: First of all, I think the generation change went really well. Now, so that Sang-wook Oh or Jun-ho Kim can rise to a certain level, the hyungs did not retire and endured until the end, waiting for the player to rise, so I think it has become a more perfect team.]

[Won Woo-young / SBS Commentator (London Olympic gold medalist): First of all, we are foot fencing. It's what we do best and we get hurt even though we know it. I think one of the biggest reasons is that Kim Jung-hwan and Koo Bon-gil have been taking good care of them since then.]

[Kim Jeong-hwan / Fencing Saber National Team: I regret a little about my choice, but I think there was a lot of disappointment. So, did you just come back? And I think I was a little worried, saying that if I get canceled like this, my training for a year will be lost.]

[Koo Bon-gil / Fencing Saber National Team: Actually, it is difficult because we are all training the same, but in fact, the fact that the sense of goal has disappeared is the most difficult thing for me to have a sense of purpose again and to set my mind again mentally. If you think differently, we think that European players and athletes from other countries are in the same position as us, so we prepared a little harder.]

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athlete who has to prepare for the next competition immediately after finishing the Olympics so hard It is their fate, but Kim Jung-hwan said he would discuss with his family whether he would continue to exercise. Did you talk about it?

[Kim Jung-hwan / National Fencing Saber: My wife told me to keep going.]

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Until the Paris Olympics?

[Kim Jung-hwan / National Fencing Saber: Yes.]

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Goo Bon-gil as a player in the future, please say something to the viewers.

[Gu Bon-gil / National Fencing Saber National Team: I worked hard without forgetting my duty as an athlete, and once again I had a goal of winning three consecutive victories in Paris, so I worked even harder to create another one-team by working with juniors below and seniors above. I'll do it.]

(Video editing: Lee So-young)