Xinhua News Agency, Amman, February 27 (reporter Lin Xiaowei) the fencing Asian youth competition in 2019 was unveiled on the evening of 27th local time in the capital of Jordan, Amman. China sent a delegation of 57 people to participate in all competitions in all groups and compete in this competition with a “full lineup.
This Asian youth competition will be held from February 27 to March 8 in the youth and youth groups. The competition items include men’s sabre, female sabers, men’s sabre, women foil, men’s epee, women’s Epee 6 individual events and corresponding team competitions.
According to Xiao Aihua, the secretary general of China Fencing Association, the Chinese team will participate in all competitions between the youth group and the youth group. This is the first time in the history that the Chinese team has entered the Asian Youth competition with a “full lineup. She said that the contestants were not only from professional teams, but also amateur players from five domestic fencing clubs, indicating that the Chinese fencing movement was developing rapidly.
On the first day, three individual competitions were held, including men’s sabre, men’s epee and women foil. Chinese team Zhang Bo, Chen Yijun, Jiang Yining and Zhou Hongyu ranked 9th, 12th, 20th and 23th respectively. In the women foil competition, Chinese player Song Shihong won the 11th place, Gu Jun, huang Xiaoxiao was tied for 12th, while Song Xiaoxiao was ranked 14th. Lin Xiaosen entered the semi-final of men’s epee, but lost to the final Japanese player Matsumoto long, winning the fourth place. The other three Chinese players Zhang Xinyi, Xu Tingwei and Gong Xiaofeng won the 7th, 10th and 32nd place respectively.