WUXI, China, June 21 (Xinhua) — Japan clinched two gold medals in males’s epee and girls’s foil crew occasions on the 2023 Asian Fencing Championships right here on Wednesday.
Currently, Japan leads the medal tally, having secured three gold, one silver, and one bronze medals.
In the ladies’s foil remaining, Japan established a commanding 15-2 lead after three rounds. China’s Cai Yuanting lowered 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,” mentioned Chen Qingyuan, who received the ladies’s foil particular person gold on Day 2 of the match.
Hong Kong, China secured third place with a 45-33 victory over Singapore.
Japan’s males’s epee crew added one other gold to their tally by overwhelmingly defeating Kazakhstan 45-25 within the remaining, whereas South Korea bested Hong Kong, China 45-25 to position third.
The ladies’s sabre and males’s foil crew occasions will unfold on Thursday.