Reasons to pay attention to the reason why Oh Sang-wook, junior, world No. 2 Jeon Ha-young X world No. 5 Park Sang-won

May 04, 2025

Reasons to pay attention to the reason why Oh Sang-wook, junior, world No. 2 Jeon Ha-young X world No. 5 Park Sang-won
Men's sabre world No. 5 Park Sang-won and women's sabre world No. 2 Ha-young are shouting fighting ahead of the SKT Grand Prix match to be held on the 4th. Those who were active as members of the men's team gold and women's team silver medals at the Paris Olympics last year continued their stormy growth, including their first individual Grand Prix victory after the Olympics, and their world ranking soared. He made it clear that he would continue the path of outstanding seniors such as Oh Sang-wook, Kim Ji-yeon, and Yoon Ji-soo.



'New Avengers' Park Sang-won (25, Daejeon City Hall, 5th in the world) and Jeon Ha-young (24, Seoul City Hall, 2nd in the world) expressed their bold aspirations ahead of the SK Grand Prix match.

Park Sang-won and Jeon Ha-young are from Songchon High School in Daejeon and are direct juniors of Oh Sang-wook (29, Daejeon City Hall, 5th in the world). Park Sang-won, born in 2000, is from Maebong Middle School, Songchon High School, Daejeon City Hall and has the same history as Oh Sang-wook. At the Paris Olympics last year, he proudly won the team gold medal with world-class seniors such as Koo Bon-gil and Oh Sang-wook under the name of `New Avengers.' Jeon Ha-young, born in 2001, played for Daejeon City Hall through Songchon High School and moved to Seoul City Hall, where female sabre legends such as Kim Ji-yeon and Yoon Ji-soo are located, and her skills were in full bloom. Last year, he played as an ace at the Paris Olympics with Yoon Ji-soo and collaborated for the first silver medal in the women's sabre team event.

Those who went to the podium with as much confidence as their seniors at the Paris Olympics, their first Olympics, later exploded with 'Porten'. Park Sang-won jumped to fifth place in the world rankings by lifting his first individual championship cup in the Tunisian Grand Prix. Jeon Ha-young continued to win the Orlé-Engrance Prix and the Algeria World Cup in November last year to secure second place in the world rankings.




Reasons to pay attention to the reason why Oh Sang-wook, junior, world No. 2 Jeon Ha-young X world No. 5 Park Sang-won
Answer Oh Sang-wook answers reporters' questions at the media day of the '2025 Seoul SK Telecom International Grand Prix" held at the Olympic Parktel in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 30th. From left, Park Sang-won, Koo Bon-gil, Oh Sang-wook,
Expectations for Ha Young and Park Sang-won, who are playing as top rankers, are bound to be special. On the storm's growth after the Olympics, Jeon said, `Hard training that I've been doing since before the Paris Olympics has had a lot of influence on my fencing. There's a lot of training?What? It helped me a lot in the end." "I learned how to overcome the pressure and pressure through the big stage, and I felt very comfortable knowing that there were always people around me who helped me, including the Seoul Metropolitan Government team or the national team."He confessed. Park Sang-won also seems to have achieved good results after playing in a major competition called the Olympics because he became more bold and had a big experienceThe experience of overcoming the pressure led to a mindset that he could overcome in the future competition as well as his experience of overcoming the pressure of the Olympics. feel one's heart strengthened," he said with a smile.

Reasons to pay attention to the reason why Oh Sang-wook, junior, world No. 2 Jeon Ha-young X world No. 5 Park Sang-won
SK Telecom International Grand Prix Media Day from left to Park Sang-won, Koo Bon-gil, Oh Sang-wook, Pares Perjani, Ha Young, and Choi Se-bin. April 30, 2025
After becoming an Olympic medalist, he is also sensing a very different atmosphere in international competitions. Park Sang-won laughed, saying, `Even my friends who used to be a little cold when I said hello have now approached me lightly and greeted me a little differently.' "I'm very shy, so I don't like to talk to foreign players or greet them at the competition, but I can feel that my eyes and atmosphere have changed," Ha-young said.

Park Sang-won is Oh Sang-wook and Jeon Ha-young is Yoon Ji-soo's senior and junior. He also had a clear sense of responsibility to continue the path of the seniors who led fencing Korea.




Jeon Ha-young said "Kim Ji-yeon and Yoon Ji-soo helped me a lot at Seoul City Hall. (Yoon) Ji-soo, who relied on the national team and her team, was a little difficult at first after retiring after the Olympics.But we have to do better so that we don't tarnish what our sisters have accomplished so far. We are trying to keep the momentum going.' Park Sang-won and Jeon Ha-young said, `We need to do better so that we don't tarnish the honor of fencing in our hometown of Daejeon.'

Park Sang-won said "Sangwook is out of the national team this season, and I'm so happy to see him at the competition and miss him all the time. I feel a lot of difference between being with and without an older brother.I feel so reassured when I have an older brother. "He tells us what we're lacking and tells us a lot of good stories. Maybe because it's a junior at school, there are some parts that I take care of like my own brother. I wanted my brother to come back into the national team soon.

In January, Park won the Tunisian Grand Prix by defeating Tunisia's top ranker Pares Perijani, who was ranked third in the world. At the Media Day press conference, Perijani said, `After Park Sang-won won the Grand Prix in Korea, I came in third place. I hope I win the competition in Seoul and Park Sang-won comes in third place"declared war. Park responded calmly to the provocation. "Perijani is more experienced and has more things to learn than I am. Rather than refuting, I will accept it and do my best when I meet him." "I'll show you at the game."The words " were significant.




In his home turf, Jeon pledged to win a must-win match against Misaki Emura, the "Japanese ace." The all-time record is one win and one loss. In a recent team event, Ha Young has been strong against Emura. Jeon said "It will be a final match if we meet because Emura is No. 1 in the world and I'm No. 2. If we meet in the final, it's a match between Korea and Japan, so I think we have to win," he said emphatically.

SKT Fencing Grand Prix is the world's most prestigious international fencing competition, which began in 2004 and marks its 20th anniversary, and the competition, which was held as a foil event until 2014, has changed to a sabre event since 2015, leading the South Korean sabre to make strides, including three consecutive Olympic men's team tournaments and women's team silver medals. This year's competition, which will be held at SK Handball Stadium in Olympic Park, Songpa-gu, Seoul from the 1st to the 4th, will attract 345 athletes (195 men and 150 women) from 41 countries around the world. The men's and women's 64 finals tournament will begin at 10 a.m. on the 4th.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.