Oh Sang-uk captured the gold in the men’s individual sabre fencing at the Paris Summer Games on Saturday, giving South Korea its first gold of this year’s Olympics.
Oh, world No. 4, defeated 14th-ranked Fares Ferjani of Tunisia by 15-11 in the gold medal bout at Grand Palais in Paris.
Oh, 27, became the first South Korean man to win an individual sabre gold. His former teammate, Kim Jung-hwan, had won two bronze medals in the discipline.
Oh’s was South Korea’s third medal Saturday, the first day of the medal race following the opening ceremony.
He has now won an individual gold medal in all four major competitions for Asian fencers: the Olympics, the Asian Games, the world championships and the Asian championships.
Oh was part of a gold medal-winning team at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and will try to repeat the feat in Paris on Wednesday.
Source: Yonhap News Agency