South Korea's 'Avengers' claim another Asian Games fencing gold in Hangzhou

South Korea men's saber team celebrates after defeating China in their final men's sabre team fencing at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

HANGZHOU, China, Sept 28 (Reuters) - South Korea's Olympic champion fencers claimed a third consecutive gold for the nation in the Asian Games men's team sabre on Thursday after Taiwan's Lee Chih-kai retained his pommel horse title in gymnastics.

Nicknamed 'The Avengers', Oh Sang-guk, Kim Jun-ho and Gu Bon-gil silenced a raucous home crowd at the Hangzhou University Dianzi Gymnasium by comfortably beating their Chinese rivals 45-33 in the nine-bout final.