[Tilu Chengdu Direct Attack]Hong Kong’s “Sword God” Zhang Jialang returns as the king. He defeated French swordsman Pierre Loisel 15:12 in the Men’s Foil Individual Competition of the Chengdu Universiade and won the gold medal with a complete victory. Ascending to the highest step of the awarding platform, this is also the third gold medal of the Hong Kong delegation in this World Universiade. Another Hong Kong player, Cai Junyan, won the bronze medal. The Hong Kong team has won 3 golds, 1 silver and 5 bronzes so far, surpassing the 2 golds and 2 bronzes of the 2017 Taipei World Universiade, the best result in history.
Zhang Jialang, who was troubled by a hand injury in the Asian Games earlier, took painkiller injections at the World Championships at the end of last month. Although he lost in the top 8 in the individual competition, he and his teammates won the bronze medal in the team competition for the first time and regained confidence. The world No. 1 The 7th Hong Kong “Sword God” moved to the Universiade and played again. After qualifying in the group, he went straight to the top 32, and then defeated Chen Yitong from Chinese Taipei, Andor Istvan Mihalyi from Hungary and Maximullien Chastanet from France. Toshihiko advances to the final.
In the gold medal match, Zhang Jialong met Pierre Loisel, the French representative ranked 63rd in the world. The two sides played against each other before, and the Hong Kong generals played triumphant songs, including winning 15:8 in the 2017 World Youth Championship and winning 15:12 in the 2022 World Cup Tokyo Station. The battle was tight. Zhang Jialang was suppressed by the opponent at the beginning. He fell behind in the first stage, but won 5 points in a row after 2:4 and turned the lead to 7:4. Pierre Loisel then counterattacked and shot 7:1 to regain the 11:8 advantage, but he was good at fighting adversity Zhang Jialang of the sword remained calm and chased to 12:12. Because Pierre Loisel fouled “two yellows and one red” and was penalized by 1 point, Hong Kong will complete the first quarter with 13:12. Winning the title is the second Universiade gold medal in the history of the Hong Kong fencing team after She Shunyan won the women’s weight individual competition on Wednesday (2nd).
As of August 4th, the Hong Kong delegation temporarily won 3 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 5 bronze medals in this year’s World Universiade, breaking the record of 2 gold medals and 2 bronze medals in the 2017 Taipei World Universiade. Hong Kong who wins the medal will receive bonuses from the “Jockey Club Outstanding Athlete Award Scheme”. The top three in individual events will receive HK$500,000, HK$250,000 and HK$100,000 respectively, and the top three in team events will receive HK$1 million, HK$500,000 and HK$200,000. Zhang Jialang and Cai Junyan wore gold and copper, and pocketed 500,000 and 100,000 yuan respectively.
Chengdu World Universiade Hong Kong team medals (as of8moon4Day)
3 gold medals: Martial Arts Men’s Tai Chi Sword (Xu Deen), Women’s Epee (She Shanxi), Men’s Foil (Zhang Jialang)
1 Silver: Martial Arts Men’s Southern Fist (Liu Zilong)
5 Bronze: Men’s Martial Arts 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)
Chengdu World Universiade Fencing Competition Schedule
August 2 Men’s saber and women’s epee individual competition
August 3 Men’s epee and women’s foil individual competition
August 4 Men’s Foil and Women’s Saber Individual Competition
August 5 men’s saber and women’s epee team competition
August 6 Men’s epee and women’s foil team competition
August 7 Men’s Foil and Women’s Saber Team Competition
Photo and text: Li Zizheng
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2023-08-04 12:13:20
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