{
  "id": 10221740,
  "title": "S. Korea captures gold in women's sabre fencing team event",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/s-korea-captures-gold-in-womens-sabre-fencing-team-event",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-27T13:47:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260927/s-korea-captures-gold-in-womens-sabre-fencing-team-event"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "South Korea secured the gold in the women's sabre fencing team event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday, marking the nation's fourth fencing title of the competition. The South Korean team, consisting of Choi Se-bin, Jeon Ha-young, Seo Ji-yeon, and Kim Jeong-mi, defeated Japan's Misaki Emura, Yui Sano, Yuina Kaneko, and Seri Ozaki with a score of 45-31 at the Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, located south of Nagoya. It's worth noting that none of the individual South Korean fencers had won a medal in the competition prior to this victory. Choi Se-bin had previously been part of the 2023 Asian Games team that took home the bronze medal, narrowly losing out to Japan. South Korea concluded the fencing competition with a total of four gold medals, four silver medals, and two bronze medals. In team fencing events, competitors face off in nine head-to-head bouts. Each bout lasts for three minutes, but it concludes when one team reaches a score that is a multiple of five. The team that reaches 45 points first or has more points than the opponent at the end of the ninth bout is declared the winner. Choi Se-bin started the match with a decisive victory over Emura, 5-2, followed by a 5-4 win for Jeon Ha-young against Sano. Seo Ji-yeon also managed to overcome early resistance from Kaneko and Yuina Kaneko to contribute to the team's triumph.",
  "summary": "South Korea struck gold in the women's sabre fencing team event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday, delivering the country's fourth fencing title on the sport's last day here. The team of Choi Se-bin, Jeon Ha-young, Seo Ji-yeon and Kim Jeong-mi took down Japan's Misaki Emura, Yui Sano, Yuina Kaneko and Seri Ozaki by 45-31 at Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, south of the main host city, Nagoya.…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "[Asian Games] S. Korea captures gold in women's sabre fencing team event",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/asian-games-s-korea-captures-gold-in-womens-sabre-fencing-team-event",
        "published": "2026-09-27T12:32:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/asiad-s-korea-beats-japan-for-5th-consecutive-baseball-gold-medal",
        "published": "2026-09-27T12:55:27.000Z"
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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."
}