Oh Sanguk Beats Gu Bon-gil to Win Second Straight National Sports Festival Title: "Korea Is Too Small"

Gold Medal in the Men's Senior Fencing Event at the 107th National Sports Festival
Powered Past Gu Bon-gil in the Round of 16 and Ha Hansol in the Final

Oh Sanguk (Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall), the leading figure in South Korean men's sabre fencing, won his second consecutive title at the 107th National Sports Festival.

Competing for his hometown of Daejeon in the men's senior sabre individual event at the festival on October 16 at the Seogwipo Sports Complex in Seogwipo, Jeju, Oh won the gold medal. It was his second consecutive individual title at the National Sports Festival, following last year's victory, and his seventh individual title overall in the senior division.

Oh Sanguk (left) greets Ha Hansol after defeating him in the individual sabre final at the 107th National Sports Festival, held at the Seogwipo Gymnasium in Seogwipo, Jeju, on the 16th. Seogwipo = Yonhap News

Oh faced Gu Bon-gil (Busan Metropolitan City Hall), his senior and former national team teammate who won the event in 2024, in his first match, the round of 16. After a close start, Oh took control midway through the match and won 15-10.

After defeating Lee Han-seok (Chungnam Sports Council) 15-5 in the quarterfinals, Oh beat his junior Do Gyeong-dong (Daegu Metropolitan City Hall) 15-14 in the semifinals. The two had joined forces to win team gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics and the recent Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. In the final against Ha Hansol (Seongnam City Hall), Oh dominated, building a 12-0 lead before winning 15-1.

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