The 2000-year-old Angfantherible's rapid advance secured the first two in the history of the 女 Sabres by Ha Young X Kim Jung-mi
May 04, 2025
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Cho Ha-young (24, Seoul City Hall, No. 2 in the world) and Jungmi Kim (25, Ansan City Hall, No. 97 in the world) both reached the semifinals at SK Telecom's Fencing Grand Prix, securing two bronze medals.
Jeon Ha-young and Jungmi Kim proudly made their name to the semifinals in the women's sabre individual match of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) SK Fencing Grand Prix held at SK Handball Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 4th.
Legendary seniors such as Kim Ji-yeon, the gold medal at the London Olympics, and Yoon Ji-soo, the silver medal at the Paris Olympics, were cheering for each game, while Ha-young and Jungmi Kim flew with brilliant performances every game.
After winning the silver medal in the team event at the Paris Olympics last year as the world's second-ranked and top-ranked player, Jeon Ha-young grew up stormily by winning the gold medal in the individual event of the Orlé-Angelofree and the Algerian World Cup in November last year. He continued his relentless golden momentum in his home turf.In the round of 16, he beat Alina Komasishuk of Ukraine (27th in the world), who gave up the gold medal in the team event at the Paris Olympics, 15-10, and beat Italian ace Michela Batiston 15-8 in the quarterfinals to confirm her progress to the semifinals.
On this day '97th in the world', Jungmi Kim's strides were remarkable. In the round of 16, he beat Misaki Emura of Japan 15-13 to reach the quarterfinals, and in the quarterfinals and another match between Korea and Japan, he beat Seri Ozaki of Japan 15-8 to secure his first podium in his career.
This is the first time that two Korean players have reached the podium at the SKT Grand Prix, which has changed from foil to sabre since 2015. The South Korean women's sabre team, led by coach Lee Kuk-hyun, predicted the best performance ever by posting two players in the semifinal podium at the SKT Grand Prix on their home turf. The best performances ever in this competition were silver medals from Seo Ji-yeon in 2016 and Kim Ji-yeon in 2019, and there was never a gold medal.
Jungmi Kim will compete with Bulgaria's Joana Ilieva (3rd in the world) in the semifinals at 6 p.m. and Jeon Ha-young in another semifinal at 6:20 p.m. against Sarah Nucha (6th in the world). He is challenging the history of the first gold medal ever.
Meanwhile, the men's team narrowly missed the podium in the quarterfinals when Oh Sang-wook was beaten by Sandro Bajaje (Georgia) 'World No. 1' In 2003, Hwang Hee-geun (Korea National University) beat Park Sang-won (Daejeon City Hall), ranked fifth in the world, to advance to the quarterfinals in the round of 16 match, but lost 13-15 to Hungary's Christian Raab, narrowly missing his first podium.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji, sky4us@sportschosun.com .
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
