Fencing

“I am surprised because we thought that this would be a very tough matchup,” said Cheung Ka Long after he and his teammates dominated France in the men’s foil team final on the last day of fencing at the Chengdu FISU World University Games, Monday. Hong Kong beat the Frenchmen by a very lopsided score […]

The final of the men’s epee team at the Chengdu FISU World University Games took to the piste on Sunday in the Pidu Sports Center Gymnasium. France and China met in a match that started hard and tough. Through three bouts, France held a slim one point lead, but their advantage stretched from there and […]

When fencer Cheung Ka Long won Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020, he gained national hero status in his homeland of Hong Kong, China. It also marked Hong Kong’s first triumph at the Olympic Games since 1996. But he wasn’t fully satisfied and on Friday became the Chengdu FISU World University Games champion. In the men’s […]

A marvelous comeback – that would be the best way to describe Saturday’s final fencing round between Italy and China in the women’s epee team event, when Tang Junyao had the crowd screaming in unison after her win over Gaia Traditi at the Chengdu FISU Games. In the last round at Pidu Sports Centre Gymnasium, […]