[Updated at 16:28]The Hong Kong fencing team continued to draw in the Asian Championships today (12th). Star players Zhang Jialang and Cai Junyan won the men’s foil individual competition, beating the Chinese team and the Singapore team respectively, and reached the top 4. At 3:30 Hong Kong time, Zhang Jialang defeated Wu Bin 15:13 to enter the final, and strived to win the gold medal again in 2016, but Cai Junyan took his hatred with one sword and won the bronze medal without the bronze medal competition.
After Zhang Jialang entered the final, his teammate Cai Junyan came on the stage immediately. He faced another Chinese team swordsman Mo Ziwei in the top four. Asked to change swords and took the opportunity to adjust his state, he succeeded in attacking at the end of the first round and chased to 11:12. In the second round, Cai Junyan lost 2 points in a row and fell into desperation. Although he saved 3 decisive points in a row and tied the game at 14:14, he finally lost his hatred with a sword and missed the final. However, winning the individual bronze in the Asian Championship is also Cai Junyan’s personal best result.
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The world’s “first brother” Zhang Jialang faced world No. 86 Wu Bin in the top 4. The latter was suspected of having a hand injury only 17 seconds into the start, but he continued to play after a medical suspension. The first stage of the battle was tight, and the two scored Plum Blossom Bamboo and fought to a 7:7 tie. However, Wu Bin then continued to attack and scored 4 points in a row, widening the point difference to 11:7. Zhang Jialang took the challenge calmly, saw the opportunity to counterattack, overtook to 14:13, then decisively stabbed the opponent, won 15:13, and will enter the final since 2019.
The world’s No. 1 brother Zhang Jialang defeated the Philippine swordsman 15:7 in the round of 16. He moved to the round of 8 to face Xu Jie of the Chinese team. He led by as much as 8 points at one time, but was caught up later. Fortunately, he finally advanced with a score of 15:8. Cai Junyan played in the top 16 off the assembly line. After sweeping away the Singapore team’s swordsman with 15:8, he met another representative of the Singapore team in the top 8, and then scrambled the opponent to advance with 15:2. Qiqi entered the top 4 and won the medal. .
The two Hong Kong players will compete with the Chinese team in the final respectively. Zhang Jialang is expected to fight Wu Bin of the Chinese team at 4:00 Hong Kong time, and Cai Junyan will meet the other Chinese team swordsman Mo Ziwei in the final Kendo.
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