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