Fleure's Spring Is Back After 7 Years Lee Kwang-hyun, Limagrang-Free! The national team has won 2 consecutive medals
Mar 24, 2025
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Lee Kwang-hyun won the bronze medal for the first time in seven years in the men's individual competition at the Fencing Federation (FIE) men's and women's foil Grand Prix in Lima, Peru, on the 23rd (Korea time).
Lee Kwang-hyun made it to the finals with four wins and two losses in the group qualifying round, turning Egypt's Mohamed Hamza 15-7 in the round of 32. In the round of 16, they reached the quarterfinals with a 15-14 victory over Hong Kong's Chin Yu-long, and a 15-7 victory over Anas Annan in the quarterfinals to secure a bronze medal. Lee Kwang-hyun fought hard in the semifinals against Italy's Filippo March, the silver medalist in the individual and team events at the Paris Olympics, but lost 9-15. Unfortunately, he missed the final, but his bronze medal in seven years signaled the resurgence of the ace.
Lee Kwang-hyun is a leading player who led the men's foil team event at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games and the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. It was expected to be the future of South Korea's foil, with a bronze medal at the Torino Grand Prix in Italy in 2015, a silver medal at the Shanghai Grand Prix in China in 2016, and a bronze medal at the 2018 World Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia. Ahead of next year's Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games, he regained his medal skills and continued his hopes of men's foil. The men's foil team won the bronze medal in the individual World Cup in Cairo, Egypt, on the 9th, and won the second consecutive championship.
Immediately after the bronze medal, Lee Kwang-hyun said, `I'm really happy to win another medal at the Peruvian Grand Prix after Yoon Jung-hyun won the bronze medal at the previous competition (Cairo World Cup, Egypt) although the men's foil has been in a recession for a while.' "Thank you to the Korean Fencing Association and its sponsor, SK Telecom, and thank coaches Cha Hyung-woo, Jung Myung-hwan, and Ohana for their hard work."I'll do my best to show you better performances in the future." delivered his pledge.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
