[Ionnsaigh dìreach air spòrs UAE]The Paris Olympic Fencing Asian Section Qualifying Championship concluded on Sunday (28th).Zhu Yongqiao of the Pei Hong women’s team fought hard to the finals and was defeated by two swords, he missed the opportunity to enter Paris by a small margin. Although only the champion athletes in each event of this competition qualified for the Olympics, an award ceremony was still held for the top three swordsmen to a “cruel” awards ceremony.
After Zhu Yongqiao (Apple) had 5 wins and 1 loss in the group stage, the top 8 came back from 4 points behind to win the event with 9 points and participate in the Tokyo Olympics for the last time , they reached the final They also fought hard to recover from being 4 points behind, keeping up with their opponents until the end but losing two key points, and losing out on the Olympics with a score. at 13:15. Apple was sad and cried after the match, but she still chose to hold back her tears and stand on the hardest place on the podium she took the silver medal home as a memory, “Remember how unhappy me today and force myself to train harder.” She said openly. During the finals, including the last two swords, I disagreed with the decision several times, and as so I couldn’t help but feel unhappy with the result, but I also regretted that I wasn’t strong enough to win: “If every sword were a single lamp, I would win you. Everyone knows they can play better.” She summed up the result as “pity” and thanked the players and coaches for their support “They believed in me even more than I believed in myself.
Zhu Yongqiao wiped away her tears and stood on the podium after leaving the podium, she could not hold back her tears again.
Apple, who is currently studying at college, took a year off from school last September to prepare for the Olympic qualifying competition Although she did not achieve her goal, she still said she has no regrets her: “I think this decision was the right one. I have made great progress in the past year.” “I’m not a talented fencer, so I have to push myself to do more thanks to the coach for not giving up on me.” She also said that she was satisfied with the training process and with this competition. He is also generally satisfied with his performance and believes that he has improved compared to before: “In the past, many times I relied on feeling rather than tactical arrangements when I play games, but this time I did what I have been working and the coach’s guidance, and I also improved. Master your own mental threshold and change your own pace.”
Although the result was not satisfactory, Apple believed that he did well during the day and implemented the arrangements of the Korean coach Lee Wook-jae.
After wiping away her tears, Apple picked up her mood and continued to work hard for this season. She will return to Hong Kong for a short stay for two days before leaving for South Korea to compete in the Grand Asian Championships Prix in June. “Individually and as a team, I hope to compete for medals to prove myself.” In the long term, she also hopes to realize her dream at the upcoming Olympics: “I hope that no one from the Hong Kong team will have to participate in this qualification tournament, but that they can for us to qualify as an Olympic team. .
Three fencers from the Hong Kong team competed in the preparatory round this last time, Ho Wai-heng won the competition and took the last train to the Olympics in Paris unfortunately – final alternately. Before the start of the fencing team, Hong Kong head coach Cheng Siu-hong said that the qualifying match was a “difficult task” After the match, he felt satisfied with finally getting a ticket and praised e performance of the three Hong Kong athletes: “This game is the highest among all countries.” Ranking, the best athletes are competing, and everyone’s level can be just one or two swords higher or lower, but whether our athletes can qualify, the performance on the field is satisfactory.”
Hong Kong team head coach Cheng Siu-hong (right) praised the three Hong Kong players who took part in this qualifier
Together with Zhang Jialang, Chen Nuosi and Jiang Minxi, who have received Olympic tickets through world ranking, a total of four members of the Hong Kong team will compete in the Paris Olympics this year. “Coach Kang” is satisfied with the h -individual qualification numbers, but I am disappointed that the team did not succeed, I feel sorry, but I believe that once the qualifications are confirmed, we should focus prepared for the Olympics, and we hope that all four of them will do well. He also mentioned the two main goals of the Hong Kong team: “Jiang Minxi and Zhang Jialang were already able to win medals last time and were world-class athletes. This time they will be more mature and have better knowledge and emotional control than last time. If they can perform normally, I believe there will be good results. “
Photos and text: He Ziyuan
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2024-04-28 19:50:44
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