Data map: In the final of the Jakarta Asian Games fencing women's epee team competition, the Chinese team defeated the South Korean team 29:28 to win the championship.
The picture shows the Chinese team's Sun Yiwen roared to celebrate after stabbing a winning sword.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu
Chinanews client, Beijing, July 11 (Wang Hao) On the 23rd, the Tokyo Olympics will officially kick off.
In the competition event, a total of 12 gold medals will be set for fencing. This is the first time in history that all events have been set up in the Olympics.
So, what are the gold or card points for the Chinese fencing team that is about to play in the Tokyo Olympics?
In this Olympics, the Chinese fencing team will send 15 players to participate in 9 sub-events, of which 9 will participate in both individual and team competitions, 3 will only participate in individual competitions, and 3 players will only participate as substitutes. Team competition (P card).
The specific entry list is: women's epee individual-Lin Sheng, Sun Yiwen, and Zhu Mingye; women's epee team-Lin Sheng, Sun Yiwen, and Zhu Mingye (substitute: Xu Anqi).
Men's epee individual-Dong Chao, Lan Minghao, Wang Zijie; men's epee group-Dong Chao, Lan Minghao, Wang Zijie (substitute: Shi Gaofeng).
Women's Sabre Individual-Qian Jiarui, Shao Yaqi, Yang Hengyu; Women's Sabre Team-Qian Jiarui, Shao Yaqi, Yang Hengyu (Substitute: Guo Yiqi).
Men's individual saber-Xu Yingming; women's individual foil-Chen Qingyuan; men's individual foil-Huang Mengkai.
Data map: In the final of the Jakarta Asian Games fencing women's epee team competition, the Chinese team defeated the South Korean team 29:28 to win the championship.
The picture shows the Chinese team members embracing and celebrating with foreign teacher Yuge-Oberli and other coaching staff.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu
Among all the players, except for Xu Anqi and Sun Yiwen, who had experience in the Olympic Games, all the other players participated in the Olympic Games for the first time.
As the winner of the London Olympic team gold medal and the Rio Olympic team silver medal, Xu Anqi once "retired" due to injury after the Rio Olympics. This time she returned as a substitute and is her third time participating in the Olympics.
Since the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the Chinese fencing team has won medals in every Olympics.
The best performance of the Chinese fencing team in the Olympics was created in the 2012 London Olympics. The Chinese team won two gold medals for the women's epee team and men's foil individual.
In the 2016 Rio Olympic Games women's epee team finals, the Chinese team composed of Sun Yiwen, Sun Yujie, Xu Anqi and Hao Jialu lost 38:44 to their old rival Romania, failed to defend their title and won a silver medal.
In the end, in the Rio Olympics, the Chinese team did not win a gold medal, winning one silver and one bronze.
Data map: In the 2016 Rio Olympic Women's Epee Team Competition, the Chinese team lost to their old rival Romania and won a silver medal.
The picture shows the Chinese team taking the stage to accept the award.
Photo by China News Network reporter Tomita
Wang Haibin, chairman of the Chinese Fencing Association, said in an interview with the media that the goal of the Chinese fencing team in the Tokyo Olympics is to be "better than the Rio Olympics."
The focus of the gold competition for the Chinese team is the women's epee team currently ranked No. 1 in the world. In the women's epee team finals of the 2019 World Fencing Championships, the Chinese team beat the Russian team with one sword and won the championship after overtime.
From a strength point of view, this team is entirely possible to replicate the glory of the London Olympics.
In addition, the men's epee team is ranked sixth in the world. This is the first time in its history that it has advanced to the Olympic Games through a qualifying competition.
During the qualifying competition, the Chinese men's epee team also won some strong teams in Europe and the United States, and the epee event is very accidental, and there is also a chance to hit better results in the Tokyo Olympics.
Data map: In the women's epee individual competition at the Rio Olympics, Chinese player Sun Yiwen defeated French player Lumby 15:13 and won a bronze medal.
The picture shows Sun Yiwen (first from right) posing with the champion and runner-up on the podium.
Photo by Chinanews reporter Sheng Jiapeng
In terms of personal events, the female saber player Shao Yaqi is currently ranked fourth in the world. If he can maintain a good competitive state during the Tokyo Olympics, he may have a chance to hit medals.
As the bronze medalist of the women's epee individual event at the Rio Olympics, Sun Yiwen also has a strong competitiveness in this event.
The Tokyo Olympic fencing competition will be held from July 24th to August 1st. Medals will be produced on each competition day. Among them, the women’s individual epee gold medal and the men’s individual saber gold medal will be decided on the first competition day on July 24. .
Let's look forward to the performance of the Chinese fencing team and hope that the players will maintain a good condition and achieve more breakthroughs!
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