
45-44 victory over Japan… Team's 15th gold medal
The Korean men's fencing saber team defeated Japan 45-44 in the team finals of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, winning its fourth consecutive championship and winning its 15th gold medal.
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The Korean men's fencing saber team has won the Asian Games team event following the 2014 Incheon, 2018 Jakarta and Palembang, and 2022 Hangzhou competitions.
(Tokoname [Japan] = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = The Korean men's fencing saber team achieved a milestone by winning gold medals for the fourth time in a row at the Asian Games.
The men's saber team, consisting of Oh Sang-wook, Park Sang-won (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), Do Gyeong-dong (Daegu Metropolitan City Hall), and Hwang Hee-geun (Armed Forces Athletic Corps), won the championship, beating Japan 45-44 in the men's saber team finals of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, Japan on the 26th.
This is the 15th gold medal for the Korean team in this competition.
Korea won gold medals in the men's saber team event at the Asian Games for the fourth time in a row, following Incheon in 2014, Jakarta and Palembang in 2018, and Hangzhou in 2022 in 2023.
'Ace' Oh Sang-wook, who successfully defended his title in the individual competition on the 23rd, also won the team competition with his colleagues, winning two gold medals for the second time in a row.

The Korean men's fencing saber team defeated Japan 45-44 in the team finals of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, winning the championship for the fourth time in a row.

The Korean men's fencing saber team defeated Japan 45-44 in the team finals of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, winning its fourth consecutive championship. Ace Oh Sang-wook won two gold medals for the second time in a row.

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