(Tokyo Olympics) Sun Yiwen sealed his throat with a sword and won the third gold on the first day for the Chinese delegation
China News Service, Tokyo, July 24. The Tokyo Olympic Games women’s individual epee final was held on the 24th. Chinese player Sun Yiwen sealed his throat and defeated Romanian veteran Lopescu 11-10, winning the first Olympic women’s weight for the Chinese team. Sword individual gold medal, this is also the third gold medal of the Chinese delegation in this tournament.
On the evening of July 24, the women's epee individual competition at the Tokyo Olympics ended the final contest. Chinese player Sun Yiwen defeated Romanian Popescu 11:10 to win the championship.
This is the third gold medal of the Chinese sports delegation in this Olympic Games.
The picture shows Sun Yiwen celebrating the gold medal.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
The Chinese women’s epee individual tournament was not lucky. In the one-eighth finals that afternoon, Chinese player Lin Sheng lost to Italy’s Isola regrettably out, while Sun Yiwen was in another eighth final. In the first final, he won the teammate Zhu Mingye and became the only Chinese seedling in the quarterfinals.
In the quarter-finals that followed, facing Isola who had eliminated Lin Sheng before, Sun Yiwen advanced with a thrilling score of 11 to 10 with a lore in overtime.
In the semifinals, Sun Yiwen defeated Russian Olympic Committee player Murta Zayeva 12-8, becoming the first Chinese player to enter the Olympic final in the women's epee individual competition.
In the final, Sun Yiwen ushered in the Romanian star Lopescu, the 37-year-old veteran once won the runner-up of the Beijing Olympics and led the Romanian team to win the team gold medal in the last Olympics.
Sun Yiwen and Lopescu played cautiously and stalemately.
In the first quarter, they even took a yellow card because they had no offense. After Lopescu took the lead in scoring, Sun Yiwen seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack and overtook 3-2.
In the second quarter, the score of the two rose alternately, and Sun Yiwen entered the third quarter behind 6-7.
In the final quarter, both sides attacked with all their strength and the game entered a fever pitch. After 9 ties, Sun Yiwen scored a key 1 point with a beautiful assault. However, at the last minute, the experienced Lopescu was stubbornly tied.
The game finally entered a cruel one-sword victory. At the critical moment, Sun Yiwen was calm and courageous, and finally sealed his throat with a sword and won the championship in a thrilling manner.
As the winner of the individual bronze medal and team silver medal in the Rio Olympics, Sun Yiwen said after the game that he was "prepared" for this gold medal.
Regarding the opponent in the final, she said frankly, "She is very experienced, and I have been mentally prepared to determine the outcome with one sword since I entered the final."
Sun Yiwen, who "come prepared", won the third gold medal of the Tokyo Olympic Games for the Chinese Olympic delegation. It was also the Chinese fencing team who won the Olympic championship again after two games. (Finish)