Fencing

6 Sep 2012

Hong Kong's Yu Chui-yee collected her sixth Paralympic gold medal with an emphatic win over mainlander Wu Baili in the women's individual foil (category A) final in London.

1:58AM

Fencer makes Olympic mark

23 May 2012

Hong Kong's teenage foil fencer Nicholas Choi has qualified for this summer's London Olympics - achieving his dream four years earlier than planned.

Choi, 19, became Hong Kong's...

3:36PM

Cut and thrust of life at the sharp end

6 May 2012

Representing your country at the Olympics is the pinnacle for athletes, and in most developed nations they would be showered with financial and other support. That is not always the case in Hong...

2:19PM

Swords drawn as 6 fencers make Games

2 May 2012

Coach Zheng Kangzhao hopes to take Hong Kong to new heights after a record six fencers qualified for the Olympic Games this summer.

1:56PM

Teenager will take foil to Games

22 Apr 2012

Qualifying for this summer's London Olympics came as a surprise to the youngest member of the Hong Kong fencing team.

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Fencer has wheel to win

13 Apr 2012

People in Hong Kong who know anything about wheelchair fencing know Alison Yu Chui-yee. The 28-year-old has achieved success in and out of competition and is always looking for ways to push...

12:35PM

Opinion

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Worrying economic parallels between China and India

4:13PM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

3:35AM

Fencing team secure Intercity Games glory

Hong Kong's fencers excelled themselves at last month's National Intercity Games, in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, where they won the bronze medal in the men's foil team event. The medal was Hong Kong's...

12:40AM

Honourable pastime

Fencing dates back to the Renaissance period when it was used as a method of duelling by aristocratic gentlemen to settle issues of honour. In the modern day, it still carries a sense of honour...

5:54PM

Shake a leg ... or two

Walking lunge

(Step 1)

Keep your back straight, face forward and have your feet shoulder width apart

(Step 2)

Lower your back knee so that...

7:20AM

Au aims to be on guard in London

The first fencer to win a Hong Kong Sports Stars Award, Au Sin-ying, has her sights firmly set on the London Olympic Games next year.

8:09PM

Fencers settle for bronze against China

Hong Kong fencers failed to stage another giant-killing act and were forced to settle for the bronze medal in the men's team foil at Guangda Gymnasium yesterday.

3:02PM

Training pays off for medal-laden fencers

A well-designed training plan complemented by excellent performances helped Hong Kong to their best fencing result at an Asian Games, according coach Wang Ruiji.

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