Ming Pao reporter Xu Jiaming from Chengdu reports directly
Zhang Jialang, ranked 7th in the world, won all 6 games in the group stage today. He was ranked as the 2nd seed and had a bye in the first round. He went straight to the top 32 of the main match against Chen Yitong of Chinese Taipei. Duan scored consecutively and won 15:8. Then he beat Hungary’s Andor Mihalyi 15:5 in the round of 16.
The top 8 faced the French swordsman Maximilien Chastanet. Although the game was delayed for a long time due to equipment problems, it still did not prevent Zhang Jialang from making another victory with 12:9, and joined the top 4 with Hong Kong teammate Cai Junyan.
Zhang Jialang and Cai Junyan played against each other in the international competition for the second time since the 2018 World Championships. The former had the advantage at the beginning of the game, leading by 11:9 in the first game. Although Cai Junyan once caught up to 11:12 in the second game, Zhang Jialang played a 3:1 offensive in the final stage and won the victory with 15:12 to enter the final, while Cai Junyan won the bronze medal.
Facing Pierre Loisel, another French swordsman in the final, Zhang Jialang was pulled to 8:11 after the first stage, but the Tokyo Olympic gold medalist made a timely effort and hit a 4:1 offensive to equalize. “Two yellows and one red” was penalized by 1 point, making him overtake 13:12. In the second round, Ka Lang took the initiative to seize the opponent’s performance decline and scored two points in a row. Finally, he won the victory with 15:12 and won his first Universiade gold medal. The team accumulated 3 gold medals and wrote the best result in team history.
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2023-08-04 13:07:30
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