Hong Kong’s young fencers continue medal streak at FIE Junior and Cadet World Cups
Foil fencer Harris Ho Shing-him claimed gold in Madrid and female foil fencer Fan Bo-yee won silver in Tbilisi
Hong Kong’s young fencers continued their strong streak at FIE Junior and Cadet World Cups, with foil fencer Harris Ho Shing-him claiming gold in Madrid and female foil fencer Fan Bo-yee winning silver in Tbilisi, Georgia.
All of Hong Kong’s seven competitors at the tournament in Madrid made it out of the group stage.
Ho won all six of his matches to earn a second seed ranking for the knockout stages of the men’s cadet tournament.
On his way to victory, the 16-year-old fencer beat competitors from Oman, Israel, China and two of his teammates, before beating Canada’s Jia Bao Xu in the final.
In the cadet women’s foil in Tbilisi, Fan lost to Australia’s Kirsty Xue in the final. All of Hong Kong’s foil fencers made it out of the group stage. Lung Cheuk-ying was eliminated in the quarter-finals and Alice Man Yi-ching was knocked out in the round of 16.