Vivian Kong defeats Hong Kong teammate Kaylin Hsieh in the épée in Milan, but her podium hopes end in the quarter-finals, causing her to slip to No 2 in the world rankings.

Women’s épée world No 1 could become city’s first world champion as tournament gets under way in Italy.

Hong Kong beaten by champions South Korea in Asian Championships semi-finals before losing to China in playoff for third place.

LCSD Open Championships will be used to decide make-up of men’s and women’s squads in foil, épée and sabre.

Women’s épée squad spearheaded by top-ranked Vivian Kong, but her teammates have been told they too must perform at World Cup in UAE, their first chance to earn qualifying points.

Hong Kong’s Vivian Kong Man-wai may return to the top after the weekend, while Cheung Ka-long and the men’s foil team head to Mexico to begin Olympic qualification quest.

With South Korea expected to take one of the two places on offer, the battle to be second for the region is expected to be intense.

Vivian Kong has enjoyed a successful start to the new season, resulting in her rising to world No 3.

World’s top 20 fencers including Olympic champion Sun Yiwen will compete in Estonia this weekend, with former No 1 Vivian Kong Man-wai leading the charge for Hong Kong.

Kong lost to eventual champion Song Sera of South Korea in women’s épée semi-finals to finish joint-third place in Cairo.

Hong Kong has four epeeists competing in the knockout stages for the first time.

Presence of newly crowned women’s champion Vivian Kong not enough to unseat world’s best team in Seoul as Hong Kong take team silver.

Hong Kong’s Vivian Kong Man-wai beats Choi In-jeong of South Korea 12-11 in Seoul to Asian Championships crown for a second time.

City’s high-flying fencers will look to once again prove themselves against their regional counterparts as they kick off their campaigns in Seoul on Friday.

Former world No 1’s past two World Cups were disrupted, but she hopes to avoid further misfortune as she heads to Poland still fighting to regain top ranking.

The 28-year-old had eased into the final four before governing body FIE appeared to call off all remaining events amid withdrawals and complaints over holding the event during the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

World number seven Kong will be hoping for a better performance in Spain after losing in the round of 32 at the Doha Grand Prix last month.

Epeeists Vivian Kong Man-wai, Kaylin Hsieh Sin-yan and Fong Hoi-sun bow out in the round of 32 despite impressive displays in group games, as Cheung Ka-long and foil team prepare for the Egypt Grand Prix.

Former world No 1 Vivian Kong Man-wai is into the round of 32 in Doha after defeating Brazil’s Victoria Vizeo, while teammates Kaylin Hsieh Sin-yan, Cedric Ho Wai-hang and Fong Hoi-sun also advance from their group games.

An impressive outing causes part-timer Debbie Ho Tik-lam to rethink her future, while overall women’s épée winner Vivian Kong Man-wai demands more consistency as she targets the world No 1 spot.

Former world No 1 epeeist Vivian Kong Man-wai pleads for encouragement after receiving messages from aspiring young fencers whose parents ‘think they’re not super-talented or training hard enough’.

The world number six is set to kick off her international season in January with a Grand Prix tournament in Doha, leading up to July’s World Championships.

Head coach Zheng Kangzhao says the Fencing Association has hired a new Italian foil coach while he has lined up interviews for épée position – ‘my biggest goal is to win [Asian Games] gold’.

Lengthy quarantine requirement cost Hong Kong athletes dearly in Xian with only two gold and five bronze medals to show for their efforts.

Vivian Kong Man-wai, Debbie Ho Tik-lam and Coco Lin Yik-hei lose to Chinese women’s world champions in the quarters, while the men’s team fall to number two seeds Fujian.

The 27-year-old Kong seals a 15-14 win over world number two Sun, despite crashing out in the semi-final, to snag bronze while men’s entrant Fong loses in group games.

Hong Kong’s épée team is well beaten by world-leading China in their quarter-final clash, but there is optimism for the future of the sport after a disappointing campaign for the city’s women.

Emotional Kong goes out at the hands of breakout Russian star Murtazaeva in quarter-finals before she shifts her focus to the team épée event, which is held on Tuesday.

Kong faces surprise package Aizanat Murtazaeva of the Russian Olympic Committee in the quarter-finals, after saying she’s aiming to make Hong Kong proud in Tokyo.