Korean's epee fencers from left, Choi In-jeong, Lee Hye-in, Kang Young-mi and Song Se-ra pose with their gold medals after winning the women's team epee event at Hangzhou Dianzi University Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China, during the 19th Asian Games, Sept. 27. Yonhap
Concluding its fencing campaign at the 19th Asian Games on Friday, South Korea raked in six gold medals out of 12 up for grabs in the sport to solidify its fame as the unparalleled fencing powerhouse on the continent.
Korea's fencers continued their upbeat momentum from the Tokyo Olympics, gaining at least one gold medal in each of the first five days of fencing competitions from Sunday.
Seasoned fencer Choi In-jeong started the golden streak on the first day, winning the women's individual epee in the first all-Korean final against Song Se-ra.
She was followed by Oh Sang-uk, who triumphed over his teammate Gu Bon-gil in the second in-team duel in the men's individual sabre Monday to bag his first Asian Games gold.
Yoon Ji-su took the third top medal in the women's individual sabre next day, beating Shao Yaqi of China.
Korean fencer Oh Sang-uk shouts after winning a point in the final of the men's team sabre competition at the Hangzhou Dianzi University Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China, during the 19th Asian Games, Sept. 28. Yonhap
Wednesday was a golden day for Korea, sweeping up the two gold medals at stake for the day after winning the men's team foil and women's team foil. Male foil fencers ― Heo Jun, Ha Tae-gyu, Lee Kwang-hyun and Im Cheol-woo ― shook off individual disappointments to claim the team title, while epee fencer Choi became the first double gold medalist in the Korean fencing team.
On Thursday, the men's sabre team ― Oh, Gu, Kim Jun-ho and Kim Jung-hwan ― defended its title again, winning a third consecutive gold at the Asian Games, and gave the second gold to ace fencer Oh and the sixth career gold medal to veteran fencer Gu.
Gu's six gold medals helped the 34-year-old fencer match Korea's five other sports athletes with the most Asian Games medals, including swimmer Park Tae-hwan and fencer Nam Hyun-hee.
Along with six golds, Korea had three runner-up and third-place finishes each, raising the overall medal tally in fencing to 12.
With Song and Gu's individual silver medals, the women's foil team of Hong Seo-in, Hong Hyo-jin, Hong Se-na and Chae Song-ho lost to the Chinese in the gold-medal match.
Hong Se-na lost in the semifinals in the women's individual foil, while the women's sabre team and the men's epee team finished third. (Yonhap)
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