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South Koreans sustain top spot in Asian Fencing Championship

DOHA, November 17, 2009: South Korean men included one more gold to their tally on Tuesday when they won epee team title at the 2009 Asian Fencing Championship taking place at the Aspire Academy.

South Korea toppled the standings with 4 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze, China is second with 3 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze, ahead of Japan with 1 gold and 3 bronze.

The other team in the standing is Kazakhstan which won silver in men’s epee team.

The South Koreans defeated Kazakhstan 45/44 in a closely fought epee final.

Kazakhstan’s fencers gave nothing away against their South Korean rivals as the contest had some thrilling moments. In the end, it was South Korea that prevailed with the verdict.

“It was a real close contest,” said South Korea’s coach Jae Sung Shim.

“Towards the finishing stages of the final, I was tensed. It could have gone either way. I am happy and relieved that we won,” added Shim.

In the last and final round, it was Jung Seung Hua who clinched victory for South Koreans and he came in for praise from the coach.

“Jung Seung Hua was very good in the final round. We owe the victory to him. Kazakhstan fencers knew our strategies and they came hard at us. They were good,” said Shim.

In the women’s Sabre team event, China denied South Korea another gold as the romped to 45-26 victory.

“The level of the competition was very high. South Korea is a good team. However, we had a better technique,” said China’s French coach Christian Bauer.