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"I feel good about my first gold medal in an individual competition. I'll make sure to do well in the team event as well."
Song Se-ra (Busan Metropolitan City Hall) expressed his determination to win two team titles after winning his first individual gold medal at the Asian Fencing Championships.
Song Se-ra won her first career gold medal in the women's epee individual event at the 2025 Asian Fencing Championships in Bali, Indonesia on the 19th (Korea time). Song Sera won 15-10 against Chinese ace Yang Jingwen in the final with a last-minute concentration. He finally rose to the highest level of podium and proved his ability as a 'world top ranker' by shaking off his disappointment of winning a silver medal in Wuxi, China in 2023 and a bronze medal in Kuwait last year. Following Do Kyung-dong's gold medal in the men's sabre individual event, he brought his second gold medal to fencing Korea.
After passing the preliminary horn round with six wins, Song Cera reached the quarterfinals by winning the first round of the tournament by default, beating Vivimariam Safarova of Uzbekistan 15-9 in the round of 32, and Hong Li Hsiang of Taiwan 15-7 in the round of 16. In the quarterfinals, they beat 'World's 10th and 'Conference Defending Champion'Yu Sihan (China) by 15-10, and in the semi-finals, they beat Kyria Tikana Abdul (Singapore) by 15-12 to reach the final.
Soon after the match, Song Se-ra thanked SK Telecom, the chairman of the Korean Fencing Association, for helping him focus on the competition and achieve good results"There was an injury, but fortunately, I was in good condition on the day of the game, so I had a good result" expressed his feelings. "There has been no gold medal at the Asian Championships, but I feel good about winning the gold medal at this tournament. I will do my best to finish the group competition with good results following the individual competition" expressed his determination.
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Meanwhile, Yoon Jeong-hyun (National Army Sports Unit) won a surprise bronze medal in the men's foil individual competition held on the same day. In this competition, which was the second time in his career, he won a medal by surpassing the sixth place in last year's Kuwait Games. Following the bronze medal at the first international competition at the Cairo International World Cup Fencing Championship in Egypt in March, Yoon Jung-hyun quickly emerged as a new rising star in the men's foil event, which had been stagnant for a while, adding a medal to the Asian Championship. After the bronze medal, Yoon Jung-hyun said, "Thanks to the support from SK Telecom, the chairman company, we achieved good results as we gained experience in international competitions. Last year, they only reached the quarterfinals, but this time they went up a notch and got a valuable bronze medal"I will show you how to grow step by step in the future. Thank you for your generous support, and I will try to achieve good results in the group competition" expressed his determination.
The Korea Fencing Association won two gold medals (men's sabre Do Kyung-dong, women's epee Song Sera) and two bronze medals (women's sabre Jungmi Kim, men's foil Yoon Jeong-hyun) in the individual competition at the Bali Asian Championships from the 17th to the 19th. He will also challenge for the highest place on the podium with the Avengers (Avengers + Fencing) in the team event from the 20th to the 22nd.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
