In his first international match since the Tokyo Olympic summer games last year, Hong Kong’s star fencer and world number four Edgar Cheung Ka-long made Hong Kong history again, beating Italy's Edoardo Luperi in the final for men’s individual foil at the FIE (International Fencing Federation) World Cup in Paris on January 16 and claiming gold with a score of 15-12.
Cheung, who is now the city's first-ever men's fencing World Cup winner, made Hong Kong proud throughout the competition and also defeated the world number one and former world champion Alessio Foconi at 15-4 in their semi-finals. The future is extremely bright for the Hong Kong fencer and Cheung is expected to go on to achieve a higher world ranking.
🙌 Ka Long CHEUN, le champion olympique de @Tokyo2020, est le nouveau vainqueur du #CIPfleuret 2022 ! Il bat l’Italien, Edoardo LUPERI, 15 à 12 ! Bravo 🎉 pic.twitter.com/Gd9e5GwdRt
— Fédération Française d'Escrime (@ffescrime) January 15, 2022
Meanwhile, Cheung’s Hong Kong teammate and world number eleven Ryan Choi Chun-yin narrowly lost to Foconi in the quarter-finals at 15-14, and Shawn Cheung Siu-lun reached the last 64 having outperformed teammate Cheung Ngo-chun.
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