Hong Kong Delegation Shines at Chengdu World University Games with Record-breaking Medal Haul

[Sports Road Chengdu Direct Attack]In the last midsummer before the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Hong Kong delegation sent 142 athletes, the most ever, to participate in the 13-day Chengdu World University Games, and finally won 4 golds, 1 silver and 7 bronzes. However, with the help of a number of Olympic and Asian Games Hong Kong players, this year’s results have even equaled the sum of the Hong Kong team’s previous medals, creating unprecedented results, and giving Hong Kong athletes who will continue to compete in various competitions in the future a shot in the arm.

Mai Meizhu

Mai Meizhu, who served as the head of the Hong Kong team for the first time, stated before the departure that she aimed to break the single medal record of the Hong Kong team (2 golds and 2 bronzes), but this year’s results made her even more overjoyed. I am already very happy, I feel relieved, seeing the number of medals added up every day, I am very happy to see the athletes excited.” She also shared some unforgettable clips of this year’s competition, “She Shanxi won the individual quarter-finals Chasing back from behind, I feel very nervous. It is unimaginable to catch up to the victory point by point. In addition, there are also tennis doubles. I am very moved to see them enjoying the game so much. These are the scenes I want to see most when I go out to compete with everyone, isn’t it? You must win, because the game is only about performance at the moment.” She is also pleased to see that many high-level Hong Kong athletes compete as student athletes again in addition to participating in many world competitions throughout the year.

The next World Universiade will be held in Germany two years later. Mai Meizhu said that because the cost of air tickets and other competitions has increased a lot, she may not be able to send the largest team ever to play, but she will still apply for more funding support from the government: “European Air tickets and accommodation are relatively expensive, so I dare not say whether the number of participants will be as large as this year, but we will try our best to fight for it from the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Cultural, Sports and Tourism Bureau. In addition, some athletes will be over 25 years old and will not be able to participate again. I dare to hope to break the record again next year, but I am touched to see that many athletes are willing to compete.”

The following is a review of the Hong Kong team’s awards at the Chengdu Universiade.

Xu Deen

Liu Zilong

Shen Xiaoyu

Martial Arts Team – 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze (Men’s Tai Chi Sword Gold, Men’s Nanquan Silver, Men’s Tai Chi Bronze, Women’s Gunshu Bronze)

On the first day of competition after the opening ceremony, Wushu Hong Kong team won 1 gold and 1 silver in the first round. Among them, Liu Zilong won the Hong Kong team’s first medal this year in Men’s Nanquan. The 23-year-old representative suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee two years ago during practice. It took nine months after the operation to return to practice. Xu De’en’s 1 gold and 1 bronze medal in Tai Chi Sword and Tai Chi Chuan taught us that opportunities must be won by ourselves. The so-called breakthrough is also made by hard work bit by bit, and there is never a shortcut to reach the sky in one step. At the same time, it proves that Tai Chi is not necessarily an ancient and conservative martial art, but it can also be combined with Western music to perform a set of ballet as soft as flowing water.

4 months to adapt “For Alice” into the entry music
Wushu Hong Kong team won two more bronzes, Xu Deen, 1 gold and 1 bronze won a bonus of 600,000
Finale debut to test Xu Deen’s mentality. Medal confirms Liu Zilong’s determination to come back from injury
Men’s Tai Chi Sword finale, Xu Deen won the Hong Kong team’s first gold medal
Wushu Hong Kong team won this year’s first medal Liu Zilong won silver in Nanquan

He Junjie/Du Kaiqin

Table Tennis Team – 2 Bronze (Women’s Team Bronze, Mixed Doubles Bronze)

Su Huiyin, who has recuperated for more than half a year, is officially back in the Universiade. Even though the injury is still with her for a while, life is always going on. It is better to change her mentality and training mode in exchange for a chance to start again. Du Kaiqin also made it clear that the return of his teammates is undoubtedly a boost to the team. This kind of confidence has more or less driven “Adu” to perform in other events, including He Junjie, who reunited with the old sword after 8 years, and won the bronze medal in mixed doubles. “Adu”, who retired from the women’s singles, recently discovered that if he played all four fronts, he might risk injury. Therefore, the first task after returning to Hong Kong is to find a way to deal with it and make final preparations for the Hangzhou Asian Games.

“He Dupei” mixed doubles semi-finals lost to China, won the bronze Hong Kong table tennis and won the second medal of this year
Du Kaiqin was injured and partnered with He Junjie in the mixed doubles quarterfinals to win the medal against Japan
Hong Kong Women’s Table Tennis Team loses to Japan in the top 4 and wins bronze to refresh Hong Kong team’s single medal record
Hong Kong Women’s Table Tennis Team sweeps India into top 4 to secure medals

Fencing – 3 gold medals and 1 bronze medal (gold medal in women’s epee individual competition, 1 gold medal and 1 bronze medal in men’s foil individual competition, gold medal in men’s foil team competition)

Even the Olympic Sword God cannot be insulated from injuries. At the end of last month, Zhang Jialang and Cai Junyan won the historic bronze in the World Championships team competition. One of them suffered a hand injury and the other had a cold, so they came to the other side of the world to compete in the World Universiade. Jia Lang and Ryan, who were “internal strife” in the semi-finals early, finally won the gold and the bronze in the individual competition. After 3 days, they teamed up with Wu Nuohong and Li Yilang to win the last medal of the Hong Kong team this year, a perfect ending. For Ka Lang, who has won many competitions, the gold content of the Universiade medals may not be the highest, but since the next Universiade will soon be overage, this year’s Universiade is likely to be the first and last Universiade. Also, Cai Junyan, who will be over-age next time, is the only Universiade veteran in the Hong Kong team. Looking back at the first two games, his results were not as good as he expected. Win two medals to realize the dream.

Zhang Jialang sums up the World Universiade in a satisfactory way, hoping to learn and take a relaxed mood to compete in the competition
Zhang Jialang, the champion of the men’s flower team competition, won the double champion Hong Kong team accumulated 4 golds, 1 silver and 7 bronzes
In five days, the history of two Hong Kong teams came from Zhang Jialang’s championship-level persistence
Zhang Jialang defeated the French swordsman and won the third gold medal of the Hong Kong team, breaking the single medal record
Zhang Jialang stabbed Cai Junyan in 4 strong battles at 19:40 against French swordsmen for gold
Jian Ru is behind in life and never gives up She Shanxi rewrites the history of fencing in Hong Kong
She Shanxi swept the Italian swordsman and won the gold, making the history of the Hong Kong fencing team

Tennis – 1 Bronze (Mixed Doubles Bronze)

Probably Huang Zelin and Wang Kangyi didn’t think about it, their performance in singles was not as good as expected. The former, the number one seed in the men’s singles, was eliminated in the round of 32. Wang Kangyi also retired in the round of 16 due to illness, and stopped in the top 8 of the women’s doubles. Mixed doubles is the last hope of the two, so they must use stronger determination to hit the medals. As a result, the two passed the test. Although they lost to the Chinese team in the top four, they still won a bronze medal and continued the Hong Kong tennis team for three consecutive times. Tradition of winning.

In mixed doubles, Huang Zelin/Wang Kangyi lost a bronze medal to China Tennis Hong Kong

Gao Chengxi (Photo: Hong Kong University Sports Association)

Badminton – 1 Bronze (Men’s Singles Bronze)

All the above-mentioned award-winning athletes have been trained through sports institutes or in full-time mode, but Gao Chengxi is an exception. Although he was selected for the Hong Kong Youth League in the youth group, he failed to be promoted to the adult group and become a full-time athlete as he wished, but he still achieved everything he wanted to do at his own pace. However, after arriving in Chengdu to play the first mixed team event, the new type of pneumonia was diagnosed that night. Even though the symptoms disappeared the next night, the test was still positive. After two days of isolation and rest, he managed to come back in time for the men’s singles event. He admitted that he had missed the opportunity of the team competition, so he played the singles with stronger beliefs, and finally finished with a bronze medal. After the game, he lamented that it is unknown whether he will play for the Hong Kong team again, so every game this year is regarded as the last game. He also admitted that non-full-time athletes have the opportunity to perform well, and encouraged other athletes to continue to persevere.

Gao Chengxi lost in the semi-finals and achieved a “zero breakthrough” for the badminton team medals for Hong Kong Tian Bronze

Results of the Chengdu World Universiade Hong Kong team
4 gold medals: Martial Arts Men’s Tai Chi Sword (Xu De’en), Women’s Epee Individual Competition (She Shanyan), Men’s Foil Individual Competition (Zhang Jialang), Men’s Foil Team Competition (Zhang Jialang, Cai Junyan, Wu Nuohong, Li Yilang)
1 Silver: Martial Arts Men’s Southern Fist (Liu Zilong)
7 Bronze: Martial Arts Men’s Taijiquan (Xu Deen), Women’s Cudgel (Shen Xiaoyu), Table Tennis Women’s Team Competition (Du Kaiqin, Su Huiyin, Lin Yinuo, Wu Yonglin, Li Kaimin), Table Tennis Mixed Doubles (He Junjie, Du Kaiqin) , Men’s Foil (Cai Junyan), Tennis Mixed Doubles (Huang Zelin, Wang Kangyi), Badminton Men’s Singles (Gao Chengxi)

Previous World Universiade Hong Kong team results (4 gold, 1 silver and 7 bronze)
2019 Tennis Women’s Singles Bronze Medal (Zhang Weihuan), Tennis Women’s Doubles Bronze Medal (Zhang Weihuan, Wu Manying)
2017 Swimming Women’s 100m Freestyle Gold Medal (He Shibei), Swimming Women’s 200m Freestyle Gold Medal (He Shibei), Tennis Men’s Doubles Bronze Medal (Yang Bolang/Huang Junkeng), Martial Arts Women’s Tai Chi and Tai Chi Sword Bronze Medal (Mo Wanying)
2015 Swimming Women’s 50m Backstroke Silver Medal (Ou Kaichun)
2011 Athletics Men’s 4×100m Relay Bronze Medal (He Wenle, Li Zhenhao, Liang Qihao, Ye Shaoqiang), Fencing Women’s Saber Individual Bronze Medal (Ouyang Huixin), Gymnastics Women’s Vault Bronze Medal (Huang Xiaoying)
2009 Swimming Women’s 100m Freestyle Gold Medal (Wei Hanna), Swimming Women’s 100m Butterfly Gold Medal (Wei Hanna)