2023-06-21 05:53:23
Photo source: Hong Kong Fencing Association
[Sports News]The “2023 Asian Fencing Championships” men’s weight and women’s flower team competition staged the semi-finals this followingnoon (21st), and the two Hong Kong teams competed separately for the final seat. Among them, the men’s heavy Hong Kong team composed of He Weiheng, Fang Kaishen, Wu Haotian and Zhou Zexuan fought hard to lose the 2020 Tokyo Olympic team champion Japan team, and won the bronze medal following 2017; the women’s Huagang team’s Zheng Xiaowei, Chen Nuosi, Fu Yuming and Guan Yucheng lost to the host China and also won the bronze medal.
Photo source: Hong Kong Fencing Association
Photo source: Hong Kong Fencing Association
In the first lap, the women’s Huagang team from Vietnam took the leadThe quarter-finals “upset” beat South Korea by 7 points, the semi-finals will face China, which has individual gold medalist Chen Qingyuan. After Zheng Xiao led Chen Qingyuan 5:4 in the first game, Fu Yuming, who did not play in the quarterfinals, was still able to hold the tie for the Hong Kong team and entered the third game. However, Chen Nuosi lost five points in a row in the third game, and the Hong Kong team fell behind to 8:14. The Hong Kong team chased hard following that but failed to narrow the gap. Although Guan Yucheng scored a two-point win in the seventh game to catch up to 23:26, but Chen Qingyuan opened the gap to 6 points in the eighth game. Zheng Xiaowei, who kept the tailgate, failed to reverse the defeat. The Hong Kong team finally lost 32:41 and won the team bronze medal following 2019. The Hong Kong team finally defeated Singapore, which also won the bronze medal, 45:33 in the third place ranking match.
Photo source: Hong Kong Fencing Association
Photo source: Hong Kong Fencing Association
Men’s heavy Hong Kong team celebrates following reaching the top 4 (Photo source: Hong Kong Fencing Association)
Men’s heavy Hong Kong team eliminated the United Arab Emirates in the first round, and narrowly defeated China by 3 points in the quarterfinals to secure the semifinals. Facing Japan, the champion of the Tokyo Olympic team competition and currently the fifth in the world, the Hong Kong team was at a disadvantage in the first game. Yu Yamada played 5:1 and 5:2 once morest He Weihang and Wu Haotian in the first and fourth games, respectively. Help Japan build a 9-point gap. The Hong Kong team failed to catch up and finally lost 26:45, winning the bronze medal once more following 2017. Men’s heavy Hong Kong team then competed with South Korea, who also won the bronze medal, for the third and fourth places, and lost 25:45 in the final battle.
Photo source: Hong Kong Fencing Association
Photo source: Hong Kong Fencing Association
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