Sang-wook Oh (25, Seongnam City Hall), the world’s No. 1 fencing male sabre, climbed to the top at the international competition in one year.
On the morning of the 14th (Korean time), Oh Sang-wook won the championship by defeating Aaron Silage (Hungary) 15-14 in the men’s single final of the FIE Saber World Cup held in Budapest, Hungary on the morning of the 14th (Korean time). This is the first year of international competition since he won the bronze medal in the Luxembourg World Cup solo exhibition in March last year.
The international competition was stopped due to the spread of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) after the Luxembourg World Cup, and the Tokyo Olympics were also postponed, and Oh Sang-wook has sharpened his skills in Korea. Oh Sang-wook reached the top of the solo international competition after about 1 year and 8 months after the World Championships held in Budapest in July 2019.
Oh Sang-wook earned 269 points in the world rankings, far away from Eli The Schwartz (197 points in the United States), and maintained the first place in the men’s Saber personal rankings. Oh Sang-wook advanced to the final by defeating Camille Ibrahimov (Russia) 15-5 in the quarterfinals of this competition and Matthias Suzabo (Germany) 15-10 in the semi-finals. Oh Sang-wook beat Silage, a gold medalist at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics solo matches, 15-14 in the finals. Kim Gye-hwan (Seoul Transportation Corporation) was registered in 15th place, and Gu Bon-gil was in 18th place (National Sports Promotion Corporation).
At the women’s Saber World Cup held in the same place, Ji-soo Yoon (28, Seoul City Hall) won the bronze medal. Jisoo Yoon won her second World Cup medal in her personal after the bronze medal at the Orleans in France in October 2015. Yoon Ji-soo won a bronze medal by defeating Sarah Balje (France) 15-14 in the quarter-finals, and lost 9-15 to Cecilia Verde (France) in the semi-finals and did not make it to the final. Kim Ji-yeon (Seoul City Hall) ranked 10th, and Seo Ji-yeon (Ansan City Hall) ranked 19th.
Reporter Heo Jong-ho