[Sports Road News]Zhang Jialang, the world’s “first brother”, passed the Asian Fencing Championships in Seoul and reached the final of the men’s individual competition for the 4th time in his career, facing the Chinese swordsman Mo Ziwei. In the end, Hong Kong will occupy the entire field Under the upper hand, he easily won 15:6, and he relived his dream of winning gold six years ago, and became the Asian champion for the second time in his career.
Zhang Jialang won the Asian Championship for the first time in 2016, and won the second place at home in Hong Kong the following year. He reached the final for the third time in 2019, but was defeated by Japanese swordsman Takahiro Shikigen by two points. Now that Zhang Jialang is the Olympic champion and the current world number one, he has naturally become the Hong Kong team’s best hope. In fact, the Hong Kong “Sword God”, who turned 25 on Friday (10th), has maintained his level in this competition. , in the group stage with an unbeaten attitude, and then eliminated Chinese Taipei, the Philippines and 2 Chinese swordsmen successively. After 2016, 2017 and 2019, they advanced to the final for the fourth time.
Zhang Jialang stood on the familiar final kendo. His opponent was Chinese player Mo Ziwei, who narrowly beat Cai Junyan by 1 point in the top 4. “Brother Yi” took the initiative at the beginning, took the lead of 3:1 and 5:2, and completed the first quarter. Taking the lead 10:6, the situation is very good. In the second quarter, Zhang Jialang continued to put pressure on his opponent, and finally successfully won the king with 15:6. After becoming his stepdaughter Chong Jiang Min, he became the second Hong Kong to win gold in the championship twice. Fencer.
This year’s Asian Championships have completed all individual events. The Hong Kong team has temporarily won 2 gold and 2 bronze medals. The team competition will be held tomorrow, and the women’s weight and men’s events will be staged.
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Asian Fencing Championships]The final swept the Chinese swordsman Zhang Jialang to win the gold following 6 years」