[World Games]Liu Mushang won the bronze medal in the first battle, and has been pocketed for ten consecutive international competitions

Original image: Liu Mushang Facebook

[Sports Road News]The 2022 World Games will be staged in Birmingham, Alabama, USA on Friday (8th) on the first day. The Hong Kong team’s karate representative Liu Musang won the bronze medal in the women’s individual figure, which is also the first day of the Hong Kong team’s “Iftar” this year. She won the first karate medal in the World Games, and she also won the medal in the large-scale multi-sport competition for two consecutive years, and she also pocketed medals in ten consecutive international competitions.

Grace Lau, who became the first Hong Kong karate representative to participate in the World Games in history, was included in Group A in this year’s competition, with Japan’s rival in the same groupHikaru Ohno. Grace recorded two wins and one loss in the group stage, losing to Ohno with only 0.46 points but still advancing together. After reaching the semi-finals, facing the “first sister”, Sanqisi of Spain, Grace faced the opponent’s Hundred Steps with Boba, and ended up losing 25.66 points to 1.26 points, and moved to the bronze medal battle.

Photo: World Karate Federation Facebook

Grace’s bronze medal match is Italy’s Carola Casale, who is eight places below Hong Kong in the world rankings. Grace switched to Ryoko Chataniya in this battle and scored 26.28 points, which was 0.74 points higher than Kasari’s 100-step streak, and won the bronze medal in the first World Games. This medal is another medal won in a major international competition following the Tokyo Olympics, the World Championships and the Asian Championships last year, and it is also the tenth consecutive international competition with a pocket of cards.As for the championship, the 40-year-old Shanzis was defeated by 0.92 pointsHikaru OhnoWin, the former announced his retirement immediately following the game.

As for the Hong Kong generals who appeared on the same day, Wang Yunni appeared in the roller skating women’s 10,000-meter scoring knockout, but she failed to finish in the end. Tan Zhicheng, who is also a female roller skating player, competed in the 200-meter time trial qualifying, but failed to qualify for the 14th place in 20.813 seconds. In the 500-meter sprint, she also ranked fourth in the group in 49.324 seconds, stopping the preliminary round.

Liu Mushang’s past 10 international results:

16/2/2020	K1 Super League UAE Station	bronze medal
1/3/2020	K1 Super League Austria Station	bronze medal
2/5/2021	K1 Super League Portugal Station	silver medal
5/8/2021	Tokyo Olympics	bronze medal
20/11/2021	World Championship	bronze medal
21/12/2021	Asian Championship	bronze medal
20/2/2022	K1 Super League UAE Station	bronze medal
24/4/2022	K1 Super League Portugal Station	silver medal
15/5/2022	K1 Super League Morocco Station	silver medal
8/7/2022	world games	bronze medal

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