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Paul Ryding

Hong Kong’s women’s foil team were forced to settle for another fourth-place finish in the Makuhari Messe Hall at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday night after falling agonisingly short in a nail-biting bronze medal match.
Hungary grabbed third place after winning a thrilling clash 45-44 with eight seconds remaining.
The result capped a miserable fencing campaign for Hong Kong, and confirmed Tokyo 2020 as the first Paralympics it has failed to win a medal at in over 40 years.
Hong Kong also finished fourth in the épée team event on Friday.
Hong Kong women’s épée team miss out on podium after losing to Russians in bronze-medal match
After a tight match where the lead changed hands five times, Hong Kong veteran Alison Yu Chui-yee, a seven-time Olympic champion, launched an astonishing comeback from 43-38 behind in the final round, scoring four touches in a row in the final minute, and drew level with just 20 seconds left on the match clock.
But the fourth-seeded Hungarians’ Eva Andrea Hajmasi grabbed the all-important final touch with just eight seconds remaining and launched wild scenes of celebration from the 2019 world champions.

“If you had asked me whether I could tie the score at 44-44, I never would have thought I could do it,” Yu said. “When you are faced with difficulties, you really want to give up. It’s very easy to do that. If you want to persist, it’s more difficult.”
At the end of a busy week, in which Yu, Justine Charissa Ng and Chung Yuen-ping competed in the individual and team events of both the foil and épée disciplines, Yu said they needed to draw on all their reserves in their final match of these Games.
Alison Yu Chui-yee knocked out by China’s Rong Jing in the women’s individual foil
“The result wasn’t what I expected, but during the process – even though we lost – it was such a memorable experience. None of us three ever thought about giving up. Even though we felt very tired and it was difficult, we still carried on. If Hong Kong people watched our match, they might have been inspired not to give up so easily.”
Yu only managed a sixth-place finish in both individual events. Ng finished ninth in the épée and 11th in the foil, while Chung was ranked 13th in both the épée and foil category B events.

Elsewhere on Sunday, it was a good day for Hong Kong’s boccia bowlers. Defending Olympic champion Leung Yuk-wing thrashed Brazil’s Marcelo dos Santos 14-0 in his second BC4 pool match. There were also wins for Yeung Hiu-lam, Vivian Lau Wai-yan, Tse Tak-wah and Ho Yuen-kei. The only disappointment was Wong Kwan-hang’s reversal against Colombia’s Euclides Grisales.
With one more pool match to be played on Monday, all six of Hong Kong’s bowlers have a chance of progressing to the quarter-finals.
As the Tokyo Paralympics approach the halfway point on Monday, Hong Kong has just a single medal, Wong Ting-ting’s table tennis bronze. Five years ago in Rio, Hong Kong’s haul of six medals – two golds, two silvers and two bronze medals – was considered a disappointment after the heroics of 2012 when Hong Kong’s Paralympians brought home 12 medals from London.


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Tokyo Paralympics: Hong Kong fall agonisingly short in team foil bronze match ending a 40-year run of fencing medal success

Hong Kong’s Chung Yuen-ping in action against Hungary in the team foil bronze medal match. Photo: Reuters

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Team Bronze Medal Match - Makuhari Messe Hall B, Chiba, Japan - August 29, 2021. Eva Andrea Hajmasi of Hungary reacts during the match against Justine Charissa Ng of Hong Kong. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - Wheelchair Fencing - Women's Foil Team Bronze Medal Match - Makuhari Messe Hall B, Chiba, Japan - August 29, 2021. Eva Andrea Hajmasi of Hungary celebrates after winning against Chui Yee Yu of Hong Kong. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Tokyo Paralympics: table tennis bronze for Wong Ting-ting as Elena Prokofeva proves too much for teen

Hong Kong table tennis athlete Wong Ting-ting celebrates during a match at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Photo: Hong Kong Paralympic Committee

Tokyo Paralympics: Hong Kong women’s épée team miss out on podium after losing to Russians in bronze-medal match

Yu Chui-yee of Hong Kong (left) against Luliia Maya of Russia in the women's team épée bronze medal match. Photo: Hong Kong Paralympic Committee

Hong Kong's Chung Yuen-ping (left) falls short against Russia in the bronze medal match. Photo: Hong Kong Paralympic Committee

Justine Charissa Ng of Hong Kong (left) in the bronze medal match against Russia. Photo: Hong Kong Paralympic Committee

Tokyo Paralympics: disappointment for Hong Kong as defending champion Tang fails to reach final

Hong Kong’s Tang Wai-lok, the defending Olympic champion in the men’s 200m free, missed out on reaching the final in Tokyo. Photo: James Chance/Getty Images

Hong Kong's Chan Yui-lam finishes first in the women's 100m butterfly (S14) heat 1 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Japan in August. Photo: Hong Kong Paralympic Committee

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Fourth place for Hong Kong as they lose in a bronze medal match that went right to the wire
Tokyo 2020 is the first Paralympics where Hong Kong has failed to win a fencing medal in over 40 years



Fourth place for Hong Kong as they lose in a bronze medal match that went right to the wire, and confirms Tokyo 2020 as the first Paralympics where it has failed to win a fencing medal in over 40 years.
