Men’s fencing saber Ha Han-sol, runner-up in individual competition at Madrid World Cup

Oh Sang-wook and Koo Bon-gil were eliminated in the round of 16 and quarter-finals, respectively, as they were not included in the list of players dispatched to the Paris Olympics.

Ha Han-sol (Seongnam City Hall), the Korean national fencing saber team, finished second in the individual competition at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) World Cup.

Ha Han-sol lost 13-15 to Sebastian Patrice (France) in the individual men’s Saber World Cup held in Madrid, Spain on the 18th (local time).

He defeated Royce Chan (Hong Kong) 15-9 in the quarterfinals and Matteo Neri (Italy) 15-14 in the semifinals, but was unable to overcome Patrice in the finals.

Sabers’ Oh Sang-wook and Koo Bon-gil, who participated in this World Cup, were eliminated in the round of 16 and quarterfinals, respectively.

Ha Han-sol was nominated to compete in the men’s saber team event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but unfortunately failed to participate in the Olympic finals.

The Korea Fencing Association combined world rankings and coach evaluation scores to select athletes dispatched to the Olympics and then held a Performance Improvement Committee to appoint Oh Sang-wook (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), Koo Bon-gil (National Sports Promotion Corporation), Park Sang-won (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), and Do Gyeong-dong (Armed Forces Sports). unit) was finally selected.

At the saber tournament held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Yoon Ji-su (Seoul City Hall) lost 14-15 to Despina Giorgia (Greece) in the round of 16 and was eliminated. In the women’s epee tournament held in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Hye-in Lee (Gangwon Provincial Office) lost 6-15 to Orian Mallo (France) in the quarterfinals. In men’s epee, Son Min-seong (Hwaseong City Hall) and Jeong Seung-ho (Army Athletic Corps) did not advance beyond the round of 32. 고스톱