Olympic fencing has long been dominated by Europe but the tide may turn at the Tokyo Olympics with South Korea presenting a line-up of strong players who could put Asia on the map.
Although South Korea will miss out on the team foil events, it will compete in all 10 other competitions at the Olympics.And with some strong players who have beaten reigning Olympic champions, they may be well on their way to their own gold medals. Choi In-jeong became the champion of the women's epee at the Kazan Epee World Cup in March, beating French fencer Aliya Luty. The women's epee team also won a silver medal at the competition after losing only to Poland and winning against Italy.
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