WUXI, China, June 21 (Xinhua) — Japan clinched two gold medals in males’s epee and girls’s foil workforce occasions on the 2023 Asian Fencing Championships right here on Wednesday.
Currently, Japan leads the medal tally, having secured three golds, one silver, and one bronze medal.
In the ladies’s foil remaining, Japan established a commanding 15-2 lead after three rounds. China’s Cai Yuanting decreased the deficit to 20-15 within the fifth spherical. However, Sera Azuma responded with a 10-2 run within the sixth spherical, extending the hole to double digits and main Japan to a 45-27 victory.
“They prepared better than us and kept applying pressure. It’s challenging to win a final after such a sluggish start, especially when facing Japan, as they are the best women’s foil team in Asia right now,” stated Chen Qingyuan, who gained the ladies’s foil particular person gold on Day 2 of the match.
Hong Kong SAR secured third place with a 45-33 victory over Singapore.
Japan’s males’s epee workforce added one other gold to their tally by overwhelmingly defeating Kazakhstan 45-25 within the remaining, whereas South Korea bested Hong Kong SAR 45-25 to put third.
The girls’s sabre and males’s foil workforce occasions will unfold on Thursday.