女Fleur, you can't push with your immediate grades, you have to compliment me more! Busan Fleure World Cup 1 Row Intuitive Fencing Association President Choi Shin-won, Sports ♥ Role and Dignity of Adults
Choi Shin-won, president of the Korea Fencing Association, visits the Busan Spoone Park Geumjeong Indoor Gymnasium where the International Fencing Federation (FIE) SK Telecom Busan Women's Fleure World Cup is being held on the 6th to encourage women's foil athletes and leaders of the Korean national fencing team.
Ohana Women's Fleure national team coach and national team players are shouting fighting at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) SK Telecom Busan Women's Fleure World Cup site.
South Korea's women's foil saw both regret and hope at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Busan SK Telecom Women's Fleure World Cup.
A total of 193 aces from 30 countries, including top rankers such as the 2025 SK Telecom Women's Fleure World Cup site, world No. 1 Lee Keeper (US), world No. 2 Martina Fabaretto (Italy), and third-ranked Eleanor Harvey (Canada), participated in the event, with 34 players including Sim So-eun (79th in the world), Park Ji-hee (46th in the world, Seoul City Hall) and Mo Byul-yi (56th in the world, Incheon Jung-gu Office) participating.
But the walls of the world were high. Only seven individual players made it to the round of 64, and two players, Park Ji-hee and Shim So-eun, survived to the round of 32. Shim So-eun was eliminated in the round of 32, losing 6-15 to Japan's Yuka Ueno, the runner-up in the tournament. Park Ji-hee faced Martina Batini, 36, a veteran of the game who was ranked sixth in the world. He led by 8-1 and 10-3, but shed tears after a painful one-point upset loss to overwhelming physical Tokyo Olympic team bronze medalist 'Veteran'. Ohana, the coach of the national team who led the "Golden Age of Women's Fleur", also swallowed the anger. Batini, who Park Ji-hee lost by a clean margin, lifted the individual championship cup on the day.
Women's foil is a representative sport of fencing Korea, which won five consecutive team competitions after the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, with Nam Hyun-hee, Jeon Hee-sook, Jung Gil-ok and Oh Ha-na collaborating for the bronze medal in the team event at the 2012 London Olympics. However, after a series of retirements by the seniors of 'Walkle' came a sharp crisis. The women's sabre and women's epee won medals in succession at the Olympics and the World Championships, and the light and shade were mixed. The Korea Fencing Association and SK Telecom are supporting young athletes by hosting the Busan Grand Prix and World Cup competitions from 2023 under the banner of 'Fleur Resurrection', but changes in the field are still slow.
Choi Shin-won, president of the Korea Fencing Association, who visited the Busan Women's Fleure World Cup site, is shaking hands with Ohana Women's Fleure coach.
On the first row of the stadium, Choi Shin-won, president of the Korea Fencing Association, who has been rooting for the players at the Olympics, Asian Games, World Championships, and SK Grand Prix, made an appearance without fail. Last month, as FIE's senior vice president, I visited Busan after attending the Bahrain General Assembly. With no Korean players in the piste after the round of 16, Choi called coach Ohana to deliver a warm message after encouraging the players. Coach Oh said "The president jokingly said "How can you lose like this?" and 'American players weren't this good in women's foil, but they're really good now. Scientific and meticulous training and hard work together are the results. He said, 'We should work harder like the U.S. toward the LA Olympics.'" Can the president do '? You don't have it?' You can do it because you're asking!replied '", and tipped off his appointment with 'Chairman".
Coach Oh said "As a senior who had a golden age, it is heartbreaking to see his juniors shrink." They're players who can do better than they can…. I and the players are lacking a lot, but I believe they will definitely get better." "This tournament is not the end. Since there are goals for the Asian Games and Olympics, if you lose like this and lose like that, the day will come when you win like this and that. I hope our players will be more courageous and continue to challenge themselves even if they get stabbed"I hoped.
photo courtesy of the Korea Fencing Association
photo courtesy of the Korea Fencing Association
Chairman Choi Shin-won of the 'Korea Sports Kidari Man' gave his support to the foil players. "You shouldn't push yourself to not get good results right away. You need to pat him on the shoulder, compliment him, and support him better," he stressed. FIE Technical Committee member Jennifer Angeori who participated in this competition said, `There is no such heartfelt support as Chairman Choi even in the world fencing community. The U.S. players are also very envious."
During the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 "Taegeukgi on the Tokyo Land!Chairman Choi, who shouted " and led 'Fencing Korea' in the first row of Grand Palais in France, the dominant country during the 2024 Paris Olympics, felt that there was no eternal power and that the gap in performance between countries was rapidly narrowing. An era in which no one can be relieved, and not even a moment's carelessness can be allowed." "There are three years left until the LA Olympics. "I hope that the athletes who achieved their goals at the Paris Olympics will not stay in that achievement but try to achieve greater achievements with care and enthusiasm. I hope that the athletes who were disappointed will take a bigger leap forward using this as a stepping stone for growth. I hope that the athletes who are trying to compete in the Olympics will show their full potential through hard work for the first time. " Chairman Choi specifically urged the officials of the Korea Fencing Association and its chairman SK Telecom, saying, `The Nagoya-Aichi Asian Games to be held in Japan next year will have great public interest.'
