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Sangwook Oh won two gold medals in the men's fencing individual event and single event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, and continued to compete despite a back injury.
Sangwook Oh won the highest honor, beating out his competitors, as a result of the MVP voting by local reporters announced on the 4th.
He receives 30 million won in prize money from the Korea Sports Council.
At a press conference held at the Korea House in Nagoya, Japan, Kim Taek-soo, head of the national team athletes' village, introduced, "Oh Sang-wook won the individual and team events, and especially led a dramatic comeback victory in the team finals."
Oh Sang-wook gritted his teeth and led the Korean team despite chronic back pain caused by a herniated disc.
On the 23rd of last month, he defeated Shen Tianfeng (China) 15-13 in the final of the men's saber individual event at the Asian Games to win the championship, winning the tournament for the second time in a row.
He didn't relax.
On the 26th, he participated in the men's saber team event with Park Sang-won (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), Do Gyeong-dong (Daegu Metropolitan City Hall), and Hwang Hee-geun (Armed Forces Athletic Corps) and won the championship by thrillingly defeating Japan 45-44 in the final.
In particular, Oh Sang-wook impressed the team by scoring 4 points in a row in the final 9th round of the team finals, 41-44, completing a dramatic performance.
Oh Sang-wook won two gold medals for the second time in a row, and the Korean men's saber fencing team, thanks to Oh Sang-wook's performance, succeeded in winning 5 consecutive wins in the individual event and 4 consecutive wins in the team event at the Asian Games.
Oh Sang-wook, who won his fifth Asian Games gold medal through this competition, chased down senior saber Koo Bon-gil (6), who holds the record for the most gold medals among Korean players, by one.
The Korea Sports Council also announced the winners of the Fighting Spirit Award, Skill Development Award, and Leader Award (each with a prize money of 10 million won) through a separate screening.
The Fighting Spirit Award went to techball gold medalist Lee Jun-seok, the Skill Development Award went to double canoe winners Cho Gwang-hee and Kim Hyo-bin, and the Leader Award went to 3-on-3 men's basketball coach Bae Gil-tae.
In addition, badminton general manager Park Joo-bong, track and field men's marathon winner Park Min-ho, skateboarding men's street winner Kang Jun-i, sailing gold medalist Ha Ji-min, and archery compound men's individual gold medalist Kim Jong-ho were selected as special award recipients.

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