(Asiad) S. Korea captures gold in women's sabre fencing team event
NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 27 (Yonhap) -- 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.
None of the South Korean fencers won an individual medal earlier in the competition but won the team title together.
Choi was on the 2023 Asian Games team that won bronze behind Uzbekistan and Japan.
South Korea finished fencing with four gold medals, four silver medals and two bronze medals.
Seo Ji-yeon of South Korea (R) battles Misaki Emura of Japan during the final of the women's sabre fencing team event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, Japan, on Sept. 27, 2026. (Yonhap)
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