{
  "id": 10207731,
  "title": "S. Korea blows big lead to settle for silver in men's epee fencing team event",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/s-korea-blows-big-lead-to-settle-for-silver-in-mens-epee-fencing-team",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-27T12:07:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260927/s-korea-blows-big-lead-to-settle-for-silver-in-mens-epee-fencing-team-event"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "South Korea's men's epee fencing team event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games concluded with a silver medal, as they failed to capitalize on an early lead. The team, composed of Park Sang-young, Jang Hyo-min, Nam Yeon-ho, and Kwon O-min, narrowly lost to Kazakhstan's Kirill Prokhodov, Ruslan Kurbanov, Vadim Sharlaimov, and Yerlik Sertay by a score of 43-42. Despite Park, Jang, and Nam not achieving medal-winning performances in individual events, their combined efforts contributed to South Korea's 12th consecutive men's epee team medal in this competition. Fencing teams engage in nine head-to-head matches, each lasting three minutes and concluding when one team reaches a score that is a multiple of five. The event ends when a team attains 45 points or surpasses the opponent's score at the end of the ninth bout. Park and Prokhodov were tied at three points each after the first bout, but Jang's victory over Kurbanov in the subsequent bout established a 6-4 South Korean lead. Nam further widened the margin with a win against Sharlaimov, leading to a 12-9 advantage. However, Park's failure to maintain this momentum ultimately resulted in South Korea settling for silver.",
  "summary": "South Korea squandered a big lead and settled for silver in the men's epee fencing team event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday. The team of Park Sang-young, Jang Hyo-min, Nam Yeon-ho and substitute Kwon O-min lost to Kazakhstan's Kirill Prokhodov, Ruslan Kurbanov, Vadim Sharlaimov and Yerlik Sertay by 43-42 at Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, south of the main host city, Nagoya. None of the…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(Asiad) S. Korea blows big lead to settle for silver in men's epee fencing team event",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/asiad-s-korea-blows-big-lead-to-settle-for-silver-in-mens-epee",
        "published": "2026-09-27T10:49:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korea blows big lead to settle for silver in men's epee fencing team event",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/korea-blows-big-lead-to-settle-for-silver-in-mens-epee-fencing-team",
        "published": "2026-09-27T11:22:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}