The Fencing All Japan Championship was held, and for the individual men's Epe, Koki Kano, who won the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics group, advanced to the final.
The Fencing All Japan Championship was held for three days until the 18th, until the semi-finals of the sixth individual men's and women's competition at the Komazawa Gymnasium in Tokyo.
Men's Epe and Women's Foil were held on the 18th, and two of them, Kano and Yu Yamada, participated in the Men's Epe from the group members who won the gold medal for the first time in Japanese fencing at the Tokyo Olympics.
Kano, who participated in the second round, won three games and advanced to the semi-finals.
In the semi-final, he played against Sei Komata, and during the match, Kano had an accident with his right hand and right foot holding a sword, leading him to 5-9 and 4 points at one point.
Even so, I decided the counter to match the opponent's attack and took 6 consecutive points, so I reversed and won 15 to 12 and decided to advance to the final for the first time.
Kano said, "I was so busy after the Olympics that I couldn't practice half of the time, but I fought with the feeling of going to the final. I was talking.
Yamada, who ranked first in the men's individual world ranking after the Olympics, lost to college students in the quarterfinals.
The final of the 6th men's and women's event is scheduled to be held in November.