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RTHK
18-07-2025
- Sport
- RTHK
Fencer Hsieh retains World University Games epee title
Fencer Hsieh retains World University Games epee title Daphne Chan and Lo Wai-fung carried the SAR flag as the Hong Kong, China delegation attended the World University Games opening ceremony. File photo: Xinhua Hong Kong's Kaylin Hsieh on Thursday successfully defended her women's individual epee title at the 2025 FISU World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany, while claiming the first gold medal for the SAR at this year's event. The 24-year-old Hsieh, ranked seventh in the world, defeated Anna Maksymenko of Ukraine in the final. Despite falling behind 0-2 early on, the World Cup bronze medallist found herself locked in a tightly-contested battle with her opponent before drawing level at 8 apiece within the legal time. Hsieh held her nerve in the final moments to clinch the decider by the narrowest of margins, winning 9-8. The fencer Hsieh became the first SAR athlete to step on the podium in two University Games, having struck gold at the last edition in Chendu two years ago. The tournament continues on Friday with fellow SAR fencers Daphne Chan, Sophia Wu and Janelle Leung appearing in the women's individual foil, while Anthony Yuen and Ng Ting-hin will compete in the men's individual epee.
South China Morning Post
12-05-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong Olympic champion Cheung Ka-long, other top fencers to skip Challenge Cup event
Olympic champion Cheung Ka-long might not compete at Kai Tak Arena before Hong Kong co-hosts the National Games in November after his name was omitted from the entries for this month's Challenge Cup Fencing Championships. Advertisement Cheung was not the only big name missing from the line-up for the annual local event – which will double as the test event for the Games – at the arena on May 31 and June 1. Hong Kong's top men's and women's epeeists, Cedric Ho Wai-hang and Kaylin Hsieh Sin-yan, will also be absent. However, promising names including men's and women's foilists Leung Chin-yu and Daphne Chan Nok-sze, and men's sabreist Royce Chan Lok-hei, were among the 374 fencers listed for the open category. Greg Koenig, the city's foil team head coach, said Cheung was not on the list, which was updated on Friday, because the Challenge Cup clashed with other tournaments. 'This competition is quite close to the Asian Championships [from June 19 to 22 in Bali] and it's not critical for his ranking, so I'll preserve him to be fully prepared,' the Frenchman said. Promising Hong Kong foilist Daphne Chan is among those taking part in the Challenge Cup. Photo: Elson Li The city's men's foil team will also compete in the Grand Prix in Shanghai from Friday to Sunday, while the men's épée team has just completed a Grand Prix event in Bogota, Colombia.
