The Woman Who Danced for the Silver Medal, Fleuret

[Asian Games] The Woman Who Danced for the Silver Medal, Fleuret, “I Will Try to be First in the Ceremony”

Saber's eldest brother, Kim Jeong-hwan, "The reason I brought the spray during the finals was 'Operation Time'"

The women's fencing team, which missed out on regaining the team title for the first time in nine years due to being blocked by China, ended the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games happily by winning a meaningful silver medal. 안전놀이터

The women's foil team, consisting of Hong Sena (Ansan City Hall), Chae Song-oh (Chungbuk Provincial Office), Hong Hyo-jin (Seongnam City Hall), and Hong Seo-in (Seoul City Hall), won the silver medal after China in the Asian Games team event held at the Hangzhou University of Electronics gymnasium in China on the 28th. hung around his neck.

Although they failed to regain the top spot for the first time in nine years since the 2014 Incheon Games, they achieved a score that was one step up from the bronze medal at the 2018 Jakarta/Palembang Games.

Although they burst into tears of regret immediately after losing in the final, they regained their bright expressions at the awards ceremony and celebrated their silver medal with a 'dance ceremony.'

Hong Se-na, who attended the medalist press conference held at the Sports Diplomacy Lounge of the Korean Sports Council in Hangzhou, China on the 29th, said, "It was an impromptu match with my sisters," and added, "I was in second place, but I was happy and thought, 'Let's get first place at least for the ceremony.'

“It was like that,” he explained.

Hong Se-na, who was the only Korean foil player to win a bronze medal in the individual competition at this competition, said, "It was the biggest competition I've ever played in, and I'm grateful that I was able to take home two medals in my first Asian Games.

It's valuable because I cried and laughed with my colleagues." He said.

Korea's foil team was evaluated as having weakened its competitiveness on the world stage with the retirement of Nam Hyun-hee after the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games and the retirement of Jeon Hee-sook after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

However, they showed a strong performance as a team by winning medals together in the team event.

Chae Song-oh said, "There were many twists and turns for the women's foil national team, but I am happy that the four of us worked well together and worked well with the coach to achieve this result."

Her eldest sister Hong Seo-in, born in 1988, gave credit to the players, saying, "A lot of the players followed me," and Hong Hyo-jin said, "I have no regrets and feel relieved."

The men's saber team, which won its third consecutive team event, revealed that it had its own 'operation time' in the final against the home team China.

During the 6th round, when Kim Jun-ho (Hwaseong City Hall), who was competing against China's Sun Tianfeng, complained of knee pain, Kim Jeong-hwan (Korea Sports Promotion Foundation), who was concentrating on his role as an advisor to juniors rather than playing in the final, went in with a spray instead of the medical staff and sprayed it. It was time to check the condition.

Kim Jeong-hwan said, "Because of the crowd noise, I couldn't hear what I was saying to Junho from behind.

Since I couldn't climb over the fence and get to the player, I asked the medical staff to spray me in that situation and went up to Junho and told him about the fight against the opponent." explained.

In a situation where China was trailing at 21-28, Kim Jun-ho, who calmed down after a conversation with Kim Jeong-hwan, finished the round with a score of 30-22, and Korea then won the championship by beating China with a score of 45-33.

Kim Jeong-hwan smiled and said, “Many people were impressed as I sprayed Junho, but in fact, it was ‘operation time’ that had been planned since practice.”