The fencing events of the Asian Games are divided into three types of swords: foil, epee and saber
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 18th The fencing events of the Hangzhou Asian Games will be held on September 24 It will be held at the Fencing Hall of Hangzhou University of Electronic Science and Technology on the 29th. There will be 12 individual and team events for men and women in the three sword types of foil, epee and saber. The Chinese team won the target in many events. Refers to the highest podium.
The Chinese fencing team sent 24 athletes to participate in all 12 events. All sword types are matched with veterans and young players with Asian Games experience. Among them, Chen Qingyuan, Shao Yaqi, Yang Hengyu, Chen Haiwei, Yan Yinghui and Lan Minghao will usher in their second Asian Games, and Olympic champion Sun Yiwen will compete for the third time.
On July 24, 2021, Sun Yiwen was at the women's individual epee award ceremony for the fencing event at the Tokyo Olympics.
In the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, the Korean team led the medal list in this event with 8 golds, 6 silvers and 3 bronzes. The Chinese team and the Japanese team won 3 golds, 4 silvers, 5 bronzes and 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronzes respectively. Bronze ranks second and third. At the last Asian Games in Jakarta, China, Japan and South Korea maintained the same ranking in the medal table, but the gaps in the number of gold medals and medals narrowed to varying degrees.
Judging from recent results and world rankings, the Chinese foil team is the "face" of the national team. Chen Qingyuan won her first Asian Championship individual championship in Wuxi and also led the team to win the team silver medal. After winning the team's long-awaited individual gold medal at the Asian Championships, male figure skater Mo Ziwei and his teammates received a surprise team silver medal at the World Championships.
Although the team as a whole is relatively young, it still hopes to win a gold medal, both individually and as a team. Of course, this will definitely face many challenges, and the Japanese team is our main competitor.
On June 22, Chinese team players Zhang Xinyi, Fu Ying, Shao Yaqi and Yang Hengyu were at the award ceremony. On that day, in the finals of the women's saber team competition of the 2023 Asian Fencing Championships, the Chinese team lost to the South Korean team and won the silver medal.
China’s male and female athletes currently rank 10th and 13th in the world respectively. The highest ranking female player is Shao Yaqi, who is ranked 11th. No male player ranks among the top 50. Yang Hengyu, who won the silver medal in the women's wear team at the last Asian Games, said he would hit the top podium.