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Korean fencer Oh Sang-uk reclaims Asian Championships title with borrowed gear

Olympic champion Oh Sang-uk reclaimed the Asian Championships title in India despite Korea's fencing team being unable to retrieve their equipment amid June 3 local election protests.

2026.6.20

Fencing team forced to compete with borrowed gear as protest standoff continues

Blocked from retrieving gear at a protest-occupied Seoul gym, Korea’s national fencing team departed for the Asian Championships with borrowed equipment.

2026.6.17

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From left: Park Sang-won, Gu Bon-gil, Oh Sang-uk, Fares Ferjani, Jeon Ha-young and Choi Se-bin pose for a photo at a press conference at Olympic Parktel in southern Seoul on April 30. [YONHAP]

Olympic fencing champions eyeing Grand Prix medals at home this week

The reigning double Olympic gold medalist Oh Sang-uk will headline the Korean team as Seoul hosts its annual International Fencing Federation (FIE) Grand Prix in sabre this week.

2025.5.1

From left: Korea's Gu Bong-gil, Park Sang-won, Oh Sang-uk and Do Gyeong-dong pose with their medals after winning the men's sabre team competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics in Paris on Wednesday. [NEWS1]

한국 남자 사브르, 단체전 3연패 달성

The Korean men’s sabre team beat Hungary in a close-fought men’s sabre team final Wednesday, claiming the gold medal for a third consecutive Olympics.

2024.8.5

Korea's Jeon Ha-young, left, competes with Ukraine's Olga Kharlan in the women's team sabre final at the Grand Palais in Paris on Saturday. [AP/YONHAP]

Korea finish fencing with a silver in women's sabre

Korea settled for silver in the women’s sabre team event at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday evening, falling victim to a last-gasp Ukraine comeback in the gold medal match.

2024.8.3

Korea win third straight gold in men's team sabre

The Korean men’s sabre team beat Hungary in a close-fought men’s sabre team final Wednesday, claiming the gold medal for a third consecutive Olympics.

2024.7.31

Egypt's Nada Hafez competes with the United States' Elizabeth Tartakovsky in the women's individual sabre round of 32 at the Paris Olympics at the Grand Palais in Paris on Monday. [AP/YONHAP]

Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez reveals she competed at Olympics while 7 months pregnant

Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez has revealed that she fought at the Paris Olympics while seven months pregnant.

2024.7.30

Korean fencer Song Se-ra, left, attacks during the women’s epee team table of eight against France at the Paris Olympics at Grand Palais in Paris on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Korea fall to hosts France in women's team epee

Korean fencers Song Se-ra, Kang Young-mi and Lee Hye-in lost 37-31 to France’s Marie-Florence Candassamy, Auriane Mallo and Coraline Vitalis in the women’s epee team table of eight at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, ending their medal run

2024.7.30

Korea's Choi Se-bin, left, competes with Ukraine's Olga Kharlan in the women's individual sabre bronze medal match during the Paris Olympics at the Grand Palais in Paris on Monday. [AP/YONHAP]

Choi Se-bin narrowly misses podium after women's sabre nail-biter

Korean fencer Choi Se-bin narrowly missed out on a medal in the women’s individual sabre contest at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday, falling to veteran Olympian Olga Kharlan of Ukraine by a single point in the bronze medal match.

2024.7.29

Japan's Koki Kano, left, competes with Hungary's Tibor Andrasfi in the men's individual epee semifinals at the Grand Palais in Paris on Sunday. [AP/YONHAP]

Fencing at the Grand Palais is one of the most popular views at the Olympics

When attendees entered the Grand Palais Monday for early afternoon Paris Olympics fencing bouts, they couldn't help but stop and look around before going to their seats.