National Games: Hong Kong men’s and women’s épée teams miss out on semi-final places
- Vivian Kong, Debbie Ho and Coco Lin lose to Chinese women’s world champions 32-44 in the quarter-finals
- Men’s team valiant but fall to number two seeds Fujian 32-43 in Tianjin
But Kong and teammates Debbie Ho Tik-lam and Coco Lin Yik-hei could not avoid being matched up with China’s Olympic team, losing 32-44 to miss a semi-final position.
The 2019 world champions – Sun of Shandong, Zhu Mingye of Guangdong, Lin Sheng of Fujian and Jiangsu’s Xu Anqi – made up a “United” team to take on the mainland’s other province teams.
They finished fourth at the same event in Tokyo, beating a new-look Hong Kong team who finished not far behind in seventh. Regular member Moonie Chu Ka-mong sustained an injury in training camp ahead of the National Games.
The men’s épée team – consisting of Fong Hoi-sun, Cedric Ho Wai-hang, Ng Ho-tin and Clarence Lai Ka-chun – likewise lost in the quarters elimination round. They fell to number two seeds Fujian (Zhang Yijun, Li Bing, Lin Zongyi and Wang Xiao) 32-43.
