Nagoya:South Korea The South Korean women's epee fencing team is set to defend its title at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Chuseok, aiming to extend the country's gold medal streak to six consecutive days.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the team comprising Song Se-ra, Yang Seung-hye, Lim Tae-hee, and Lee Hye-in will compete in the women's epee team event, seeking a second consecutive gold medal at the Asian Games. Song Se-ra, who secured the gold in the women's epee individual event earlier, will lead the team with hopes of becoming the first South Korean double gold medalist at the event.

In the men's foil team event, Kim Tae-hwan, Youn Jeong-hyun, Lee Kwang-hyun, and Im Cheol-woo will aim for South Korea's third consecutive gold in this discipline at the Asian Games.

In shooting, Choo Ga-eun, the gold medalist in the women's 10-meter air pistol event, will join forces with Hong Su-hyeon in the 10m air pistol mixed team event, seeking her second Asiad title.

South Korea also aims for a medal in 3x3 basketball, following a silver and a bronze in previous Asian Games. In artistic gymnastics, Kim Jae-ho will compete in the finals for vault and parallel bars, while Ryu Sung-hyun is set for the horizontal bar final. Yeo Seo-jeong, having won gold in the women's vault, will strive for another medal in the floor exercise final.

In football, the men's team will face Vietnam, and the women's team will compete against Uzbekistan in the quarterfinals. The women's basketball team is also in the semifinals, set to play against China.