SEOUL (Yonhap) – South Korea’s men’s sabre team narrowly missed out on a fifth straight team title at the World Fencing Championships, taking home the silver medal.Oh Sang-wook (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), Koo Bon-gil (Korea Sports Promotion Organization), Kim Jun-ho (Hwaseong City Hall) and Ha Han-sol (Seongnam City Hall) finished runners-up to Hungary 42-45 in the team final of the 2023 World Sabre Championships in Milan, Italy, on Aug. 28 (local time).The Korean men’s sabre team defended its team title at the World Championships in 2017, 2018, 2019, and last year, but lost the title to Hungary.The World Championships were not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.In the team competition, South Korea defeated Uzbekistan, Georgia, China, and the United States in the round of 32 to reach the final.With the exception of the quarterfinal match against China (45-40), all of their wins were by more than 10 points.However, they fell short in the final against Hungary, led by Aaron Cillazy, who has won three consecutive individual Olympic gold medals, including Tokyo 2021.Hungary won the men’s sabre at the World Championships for the first time in 16 years since 2007.Reviewed2023-07-29 13:33 Summarybeta Share Comment Resize PrintWomen’s epee takes bronze in team event as they aim for second straight titleOh Sang-wook, Ha Han-sol, Goo Bon-gil and Kim Jun-ho celebrate casinositezone their silver medals (from left).Oh Sang-wook, Ha Han-sol, Goo Bon-gil and Kim Jun-ho with their silver medals.SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea’s men’s sabre team narrowly missed out on a fifth consecutive team title at the World Fencing Championships, taking home the silver medal.Oh Sang-wook (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), Koo Bon-gil (Korea Sports Promotion Organization), Kim Jun-ho (Hwaseong City Hall) and Ha Han-sol (Seongnam City Hall) finished runners-up to Hungary 42-45 in the team final of the 2023 World Championships in Milan, Italy, on Monday (local time).The Korean men’s sabre team defended its team title at the World Championships in 2017, 2018, 2019, and last year, but lost the title to Hungary.The World Championships were not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.In the team competition, South Korea defeated Uzbekistan, Georgia, China, and the United States in the round of 32 to reach the final.With the exception of the quarterfinal match against China (45-40), all of their wins were by more than 10 points.However, they fell short in the final against Hungary, led by Aaron Cillazy, who has won three consecutive individual Olympic gold medals, including Tokyo 2021.Hungary won the men’s sabre team title at the World Championships for the first time in 16 years since 2007. Kang Young-mi, Choi In-jung, Song Sera, and Lee Hye-in win bronze in the women’s epee team event Kang Young-mi, Choi In-jung, Song Sera and Lee Hye-in celebrate their bronze medal in the women’s epee team event .After winning their first ever team title last year, the Korean women’s epee team failed to make the final this time around, taking home a bronze medal. Song Se-ra (Busan Metropolitan Government), Choi In-jung (Gyeryong City Hall), Kang Young-mi (Gwangju Seo-gu Office) and Lee Hye-in (Gangwon-do Office) led South Korea to a 32-33 semifinal loss to Poland and a 45-32 victory over Switzerland in the third-place match. South Korea, which has finished in the top three in the overall standings at the World Fencing Championships since 2017, including a second-place finish last year with three gold medals, sits in seventh place (1 silver, 1 bronze) in the medal tally after the first day of competition .Leading the way is host Italy with two gold, four silver and two bronze medals .The competition remains to be contested in the men’s epee, women’s sabre and men’s and omen’s flechettes.