National Games: Hong Kong’s épée men turn to team event after all 3 are knocked out early
Veteran Fong Hoi-sun says team are targeting the gold medal as Kuan Yu-ching goes furthest in the women’s foil event
Hong Kong’s épée men wasted no time in shifting their focus to this week’s team event, after all three left Kai Tak Arena empty-handed on Monday.
There was no repeat of the individual silver claimed by Aaron Ho Sze-long in men’s sabre or the bronze Kaylin Hsieh Sin-yan picked up in the women’s épée, with Cedric Ho Wai-hang, Fong Hoi-sun and Ng Ho-tin all failing to make it past the second knockout round.
Of the three, Ho made it the furthest, and only because he knocked out Ng in the first round, before then falling to Shandong’s Xiu Yuhan.
Ng, who had won five of his six bouts in the group stage, said it was a shame to fall early to his teammate after “playing so well”.
“I probably thought too much and picked a poor approach in facing my teammate,” Ng said. “We know each other too well, so any score was possible, really.
“It’s a pity but I feel all right because I know why I lost, so I’ll just look forward to the team event on Thursday.”