Korean fencing won gold, silver and bronze medals in the women's saber individual event at the U-23 Asian Championships.
Jiyoung Choi (Iksan City Hall) won the women's saber individual event at the 2022 U-23 Asian Championships held in Kuwait City, Kuwait, and Sebin Choi (Jeonnam Provincial Office) took the runners-up.
Then, Jeon Su-in (Jeonnam Provincial Government) and Hong Ha-eun (Seoul City Hall) took bronze medals, and Korean players brought gold, silver and bronze medals.
In the semi-finals, Choi Ji-young defeated Hong Ha-eun 15-12 and Choi Se-bin defeated Jeon Su-in 15-13.
In the men's épée individual event, in the final match between Korean players, Kwon Oh-min (Korea International University) defeated Hong Se-hwa (Daejeon University) 15-10 to win the gold medal.
Korea, which had won one gold medal and two silver and bronze medals a day earlier, swept most of the medals on the second day of the tournament, and in the two days at this tournament, three gold medals, four silver medals, and four bronze medals were harvested and cruised toward the seventh consecutive overall victory. I did.
Korean fencing achieved 6 consecutive championships from 2014 to 2019 at the U-23 Asian Championships, and this competition was held for the first time in 3 years.
(Photo = provided by the Korea Fencing Association, Yonhap News)