South Korea wins fourth consecutive men's sabre team gold at Asian Games

South Korea won its fourth consecutive gold medal in the men's sabre team fencing at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, with star fencer Oh Sang-uk winning two titles in fencing.

The South Korean sabre team defeated Japan 45-44 in the men's sabre team final at Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, some 35 kilometers south of the main host city of Nagoya, Japan.

It marked South Korea's fourth straight Asian Games title in the event, in which the country has stayed atop since the 2014 edition.

South Korea's sabre team, which has won the Olympics title since the 2012 Olympics, proved it has no rivals in Asia.

Oh captured his second gold medal at this year's Asian Games after winning the gold in the men's individual sabre event on Wednesday.

Team fencing events are contested in nine head-to-head bouts. Each bout is three minutes long, but it ends when one team's score reaches a multiple of five.

A team scoring 45 points first or having more points than the opponent at the end of the ninth bout wins the event.

A sabre is a cutting and thrusting weapon that targets the body above the waist, including the arms and the head.

The final was a tight battle, with the winner decided in the very last minute.

Park started the first bout and built a 5-3 lead, while Oh extended the lead to 10-6 in the second.

In the seventh bout, Japan fought back and scored nine points to take a 35-32 lead, with South Korea adding only two points.

Reigning Olympic and Asian Games individual sabre champion Oh made a comeback in the ninth.

He entered the final bout trailing by two points and was at risk of losing when Japan reached 44 points. But he won three straight points to tie the score at 44-44 and landed the final touch to complete the dramatic 45-44 victory.