S. Korea wins silver in women's epee team fencing at Asian Games
TOKONAME, Japan — South Korea won the silver medal in the women's epee team fencing at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, losing to host Japan by one point. The quartet of Park Ji-hee, Mo Byeol-i, Sim So-eun and Lee Se-joo lost to Japan 29-28 in the event's final at Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, some 35 kilometers south of the main host city of Nagoya, Japan. The team sought its first gold…
South Korea claimed the silver medal in the women's epee team fencing competition at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, falling to host nation Japan by a single point. The South Korean team, consisting of Park Ji-hee, Mo Byeol-i, Sim So-eun, and Lee Se-joo, narrowly missed out on their first gold medal in the women's team epee event since 2014.
The bronze medals were awarded to China and Hong Kong. After losing the initial four bouts, South Korea took the lead in the fifth bout, spearheaded by Park Ji-hee, who had previously won an individual epee silver medal. However, in the ninth and final bout, Park conceded seven consecutive points to Japan, resulting in a final score of 29-28 for the Japanese team.
Written by urgent.news from The Korea Times's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
This story
This is one outlet's version. Read the fullest account.
- S. Korea wins women's basketball gold medal koreatimes.co.kr
- Asian Games: Defending champions Satwik-Chirag suffer shock first-round exit timesofindia.indiatimes.com
- (Asiad) S. Korea wins 3 medals on last day of swimming en.yna.co.kr
