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National Games: Hong Kong men’s and women’s épée teams miss out on semi-final places

  • Vivian Kong, Debbie Ho and Coco Lin lose to Chinese women’s world champions 32-44 in the quarter-finals
  • Men’s team valiant but fall to number two seeds Fujian 32-43 in Tianjin

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Hong Kong épée fencer Vivian Kong Man-wai (right) against Lin Sheng of Fujian in the women's individual épée event at the National Games in Tianjin in 2021. Photo: Chinese Fencing Association
Épée star Vivian Kong Man-wai could not repeat her National Games individual medal-winning feat from a day earlier as the Hong Kong women’s épée team bowed out of the quarter-finals in Tianjin on Wednesday.
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World number six Kong’s win over Tokyo 2020 Olympics champion Sun Yiwen in the bronze medal play-off on Tuesday ensured her team was seeded higher.

But Kong and teammates Debbie Ho Tik-lam and Coco Lin Yik-hei could not avoid being matched up with China’s Olympic team, losing 32-44 to miss a semi-final position.

The 2019 world champions – Sun of Shandong, Zhu Mingye of Guangdong, Lin Sheng of Fujian and Jiangsu’s Xu Anqi – made up a “United” team to take on the mainland’s other province teams.

Hong Kong’s Vivian Kong (left) defends against Lin Sheng of Fujian in the women's individual épée event in Tianjin. Photo: Chinese Fencing Association
Hong Kong’s Vivian Kong (left) defends against Lin Sheng of Fujian in the women's individual épée event in Tianjin. Photo: Chinese Fencing Association
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They finished fourth at the same event in Tokyo, beating a new-look Hong Kong team who finished not far behind in seventh. Regular member Moonie Chu Ka-mong sustained an injury in training camp ahead of the National Games.

The men’s épée team – consisting of Fong Hoi-sun, Cedric Ho Wai-hang, Ng Ho-tin and Clarence Lai Ka-chun – likewise lost in the quarters elimination round. They fell to number two seeds Fujian (Zhang Yijun, Li Bing, Lin Zongyi and Wang Xiao) 32-43.

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