2023-09-27 03:42:44
[Sports Road to Hangzhou Direct Attack]The fencing event of the Hangzhou Asian Games kicked off a three-day team event today (27th), with the men’s and women’s rematches staged on the first day. The men’s Huagang team, led by Xinke individual competition gold medalist Zhang Jialang, appeared in the top 8 and beat Singapore 45:34 without any suspense. They advanced to the top 4 and won the medal. They defeated South Korea at 12 noon and co-starred in last year’s competition. A replica of the finals, vowing to avenge past shame.
At the Asian Games in Jakarta five years ago, the men’s Huagang team, composed of Zhang Jialang, Cai Junyan, Yang Zijia and the current individual competition silver medalist Cui Haoran, defeated Japan in the top four and made a historic breakthrough to the finals, although they ended up with 37:45. They lost to South Korea to win the silver medal, but still achieved the best team performance in the history of the Hong Kong fencing team in the Asian Games. Today, five years later, the Hong Kong men’s fencing team has been promoted to the “World III” fencing team. They line up with the same team and are regarded as the favorites to win the gold medal.
“Sword Gods” Zhang Jialang and Chua Junyan recently wore gold and bronze in the individual competition, allowing the Hong Kong team to participate in the team competition as the top seed. In the first round, they had a bye and went straight to the top 8 to face Singapore. Cai Junyan, who led the team, had a slow start, but was still in the first round. : Won 5 points in a row in 4 games, leading 5:4 in the first game; Zhang Jialang, who took over, was also confused at the beginning of the game, only winning 5:4. In the third game, Yang Zijia made his debut in this tournament, but failed Losing 4:7, the Hong Kong team fell behind 14:15 for the first time.
Cui Haoran scored 10 points in his first Asian Games comeback.
Cui Haoran
However, Cai Junyan easily won 6:2 in the fourth game, and the Hong Kong team took the lead 20:17. Later, Cui Haoran, who was unable to wear armor in the team competition last time due to injury, came in as a substitute for Yang Zijia. He played in the first Asian Games game following returning and played one game. At 5:0, the Zhujian team opened up 25:17 in one fell swoop, establishing an advantage. After that, the Hong Kong team fought harder and harder. Cui Haoran won another 5:2 in the seventh game, further widening the score gap. In the end, the Hong Kong team won 45:34. After easily advancing to the top four, we faced a tough battle and “revenge battle”. Later at 12 o’clock, we competed with South Korea, a traditional fencing powerhouse, for a spot in the finals.
Picture: He Ziyuan
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This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Hangzhou Asian Games・Direct Attack]Men’s Hua Hong Kong team enters the top 4 and secures medals and meets South Korea to perform a replica of last year’s finals」
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