The Korean men's fencing team failed to advance to the final of the team event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after losing the match between Korea and Japan.
The Korean men's épée team consisting of Park Sang-young (26, Ulsan City Hall), Kwon Young-jun (34, Iksan City Hall), Mase-gun (27, Busan City Hall), and candidate Song Jae-ho (31, Hwaseong City Hall) is today (30th) in Chiba, Japan. We lost 38-45 to Japan in the semifinals of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic team event held at the Makuhari Messe of Japan.
Korea, which entered the quarterfinals by winning the first match, 44-39 over Switzerland in the quarterfinals, was pushed to the bronze medal match without being able to overcome Japan's momentum, which rose by defeating France, the world No.
The bronze medal match against China will be held today at 6:30 PM.
If they win a bronze medal, Korean fencing can write a new history by placing the Taegeukgi on the podium in the men's epee team event for the first time at the Olympics.
The events in which Korean fencing has won medals in past Olympic team events are men's saber (2012 London, Tokyo 2020 gold medal), women's épée (2012 London, 2020 Tokyo silver medal) and women's foil (2012 London bronze medal).
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