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| Photo provided by Gyeonggi Provincial Sports Council |
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Women's Ephemin Ji-won (26, Gyeonggi-do Provincial Government) won the gold medal and the national flag.
Min Ji-won made the national team squad for the 2025-2026 season by winning the women's epee individual finals of the 30th Kim Chang-hwan National Men's and Women's Fencing Championship and National Team Selection held at Yanggu Culture Gymnasium in Gangwon-do from the 30th to the 5th of last month by beating Park So-yong (Jeonnam Provincial Government) by 15-11.
A total of 239 pens from all over the country competed fiercely in the women's epee individual event. Min Ji-won, who reached the round of 16 through the group stage, advanced to the semifinals by beating top national college seniors such as Lim Tae-hee (Gyeryong City Hall) in the round of 16 and Choi In-jeong (Gyeryong City Hall) in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, he defeated Yang Seung-hye (19, Hankook University) by a close margin of 15 to 14, and beat Park So-yong in the final to wear his first national flag with a gold medal.
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| Men's epe Legend-turned-Gyeonggi Provincial Coach Kim Seung-gu and Kim Chang-hwan, Women's epee individual winner Min Ji-won. Photo courtesy of Gyeonggi-do Provincial Sports Council |
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| Coach Kim Seung-gu and Gyeonggi Provincial Women's Epee Team players took a commemorative photo to celebrate Min Ji-won's victory. Photo courtesy of Gyeonggi-do Provincial Sports Council |
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Min Ji-won, a former member of the men's epee national team, has been coached by Kim Seung-gu, head coach of the Gyeonggi Provincial Government, who served as a gold medalist at the Doha Asian Games and fencing coach for the modern pentathlon national team. Min Ji-won said through the Gyeonggi-do Provincial Sports Association, `Training for constant physical management, balance, and concentration improvement training have been the foundation for winning this competition.' `It is a great honor for me personally to be selected for the national team with this victory. I will work harder in training so that I can perform well not only in domestic competitions but also in international competitions"I'm determined.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
