# Sabre fencer Oh Sang-wook finishes runner-up in individual World Cup in Algeria

[Oh Sang-wook](https://bpa-mastery.mn.co/posts/42871438) celebrates after winning the men's sabre individual fencing final at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games at Dianzu University Gymnasium on Friday afternoon in Hangzhou, China. Oh Sang-wook won the gold medal and Koo Bon-gil the silver.

South Korean men's sabre player Oh [Sang-wook](https://maps.google.com.ec/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsportstotomen.com%2F) (Daejeon Metropolitan Government) has won a silver medal in his first international competition of the new season.

Oh lost 14-15 to Bollard Affiti (FRA) in the men's individual final of the Fédération Internationale de Fencing (FIE) Sabre World Cup in Algiers, Algeria, on Sept. 11 (local time).

After winning the individual and team gold medals at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, Oh continued his momentum at the subsequent national championships with individual and team titles, but failed to reach the podium in his first international event.

Nevertheless, it was the first time in seven months that he stood on the podium at an international event organized by the [FIE](http://psicolinguistica.letras.ufmg.br/wiki/index.php/Usu%C3%A1rio_Discuss%C3%A3o:Sportstotomen3) after winning the International Grand Prix in Seoul in April.

Teammate Ha Han-sol (Seongnam City Hall) finished 13th and Kim Jae-won (Daejeon University) was 15th. Hangzhou Asian Games individual silver medalist Koo Bon-gil finished 35th.

On the women's side, Seo Ji-yeon (Ansan City Hall) was the highest-placed Korean athlete in the individual competition, finishing 21st. [스포츠토토맨](https://www.sportstotomen.com/%ed%86%a0%ed%86%a0%ec%82%ac%ec%9d%b4%ed%8a%b8-%ea%b2%80%ec%a6%9d/)