CHENGDU, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — Kaylin Hsieh of Hong Kong, China claimed the title of girls’s epee particular person on the Chengdu Universiade right here on Wednesday.
Italy’s Sara Maria Kowalczyk received the silver whereas Catherine Danuta Nixon of the United States and Japan’s Tamaki Terayama shared the bronze.
“If everyone believes in me, I have to believe in myself and things will become possible. I just focused on each touch and each point. I was pretty overwhelmed by the support that I have here in Chengdu, not only from my teammates but also like the audience here. It’s my first time in FISU, so I really appreciate it,” stated Hsieh.
Elsewhere, South Korea’s Park Sang-won pocketed the gold of males’s sabre particular person, Gergo Horvath of Hungary settled for the silver. Samuel Jarry of France and Tamon Yoshida of Japan took the bronzes.
The fencing competitors will run till August 7, with a complete of 12 gold medals to be awarded in particular person and crew occasions.