Hong Kong fencer Kaylin Hsieh hopes to launch another ‘very rare’ season at National Games
City’s leading épéeist ends previous season with world No 4 ranking but wants to do better in the coming one, while enjoying the moment
The woman tipped by the city’s head coach to step up and emerge as a true world-class épéeist is living up to the expectations in time for next month’s National Games.
Kaylin Hsieh Sin-yan also said “everything was fresh” for her after ending last season with a career-high No 4 ranking in the world.
And with the new fencing season fast approaching, she was looking to replicate her success.
“The results for me last season were the best for me ever; the situation was very rare,” she said. “I hadn’t stayed in the top 16 for such a long time.
“There is a lot of new stuff too. I have a new coach, so we have to learn to work together. I still need to improve a lot and be prepared to make instant adjustments on the strip, to fine-tune what I have right now.”