SEOUL, Korea, June 10-15, 2022—The 2022 Asian Senior Fencing Championships have finished, including 12 men’s and women’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre. The event took place at Seoul’s SK Handball Gym, with 297 individual fencers and 27 countries participating. Korea won the medal count, including 12 overall (6 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze), followed by Japan with 12 (3 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze) and China (1 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze).
Day 1. In individual men’s sabre, Korea’s Bongil Gu faced teammate and world champion Junghwan Kim in the final match, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Kim won against teammate and world champion Sanguk Oh, 15-11, while Gu defeated Kazakhstan’s Artyom Sarkissyan, 15-10.
In women’s individual epee, Hong Kong, China’s Man Wai Vivian Kong faced Korea’s Injeong Choi in the final match, winning with a 12-11 score. In the semifinal round, Choi won against Japan’s Nozomi Sato, 12-11, while Kong defeated teammate Wai Ling Chan, 15-7.
Individual Men’s Sabre (58 fencers)
1. Bongil Gu (KOR, gold)
2. Junghwan Kim (KOR, silver)
3. Artyom Sarkissyan (KAZ, bronze)
3. Sanguk Oh (KOR, bronze)
5. Mohammad Fotouhi (IRI)
6. Kaito Streets (JPN)
7. Mao Kokubo (JPN)
8. Nima Zahedi (IRI)
Individual Women’s Epee (44 fencers)
1. Man Wai Vivian Kong (HKG, gold)
2. Injeong Choi (KOR, silver)
3. Wai Ling Chan (HKG, bronze)
3. Nozomi Sato (JPN, bronze)
5. Sera Song (KOR)
6. Young Mi Kang (KOR)
7. Miho Yoshimura (JPN)
8. Sofiya Nikolaichuk (KAZ)
Day 2. In individual men’s epee, Japan’s Koki Kano faced teammate Akira Komata in the final match, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Komata won against Korean Olympic champion Sangyoung Park, 14-13, while Kano defeated China’s Minghao Lan, 15-11.
In individual women’s foil, China’s Yue Shi faced teammate Qingyuan Chen in the final match, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Chen won against Japan’s Sera Azuma, 15-11, while Shi defeated Japan’s Yuko Ueno, 15-11.
Individual Men’s Epee (65 fencers)
1. Koki Kano (JPN, gold)
2. Akira Komata (JPN, silver)
3. Minghao Lan (CHN, bronze)
3. Sangyoung Park (KOR, bronze)
5. Elmir Alimzhanov (KAZ)
6. Myeongki Kim (KOR)
7. Roman Aleksandrov (UZB)
8. Vadim Sharlaimov (KAZ)
Individual Women’s Foil (42 fencers)
1. Yue Shi (CHN, gold)
2. Qingyuan Chen (CHN, silver)
3. Yuka Ueno (JPN, bronze)
3. Sera Azuma (JPN, bronze)
5. Amita Berthier (SGP)
6. Yuzuha Takeyama (JPN)
7. Hiu Wai Valerie Cheng (HKG)
8. Yuanting Cai (CHN)
Day 3. In individual men’s foil, Hong Kong, China’s Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung faced China’s Ziwei Mo in the final match, winning with a 15-6 score. In the semifinal round, Mo won against Hong Kong, China’s Chun Yin Ryan Choi, 15-14, while Cheung defeated China’s Bin Wu, 15-13.
In individual women’s sabre, Korea’s Sooyeon Choi faced Japan’s Misaki Emura in the final match, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Emura won against China’s Ying Fu, 15-10, while Choi defeated China’s Hengyu Yang, 15-12.
Individual Men’s Foil (50 fencers)
1. Ka Long Cheung (HKG, gold)
2. Ziwei Mo (CHN, silver)
3. Bin Wu (CHN, bronze)
3. Chun Yin Ryan Choi (HKG, bronze)
5. Takahiro Shikine (JPN)
6. Samuel Elijah Robson (SGP)
7. Jie Xu (CHN)
8. Kyosuke Matsuyama (JPN)
Individual Women’s Sabre (38 fencers)
1. Sooyeon Choi (KOR, gold)
2. Misaki Emura (JPN, silver)
3. Hengyu Yang (CHN, bronze)
3. Ying Fu (CHN, bronze)
5. Jisu Yoon (KOR)
6. Seri Ozaki (JPN)
7. Kesi Lin (CHN)
8. Wing Kiu Chu (HKG)
Day 4. In the final match of men’s team sabre, Korea faced Japan, winning with a 45-33 score. In the semifinal round, Japan won against Iran, 45-44, while Korea defeated Hong Kong, China, 45-31. The bronze medal went to Iran over Hong Kong, China, 45-33.
In the final match of women’s team epee, Korea faced Hong Kong, China, winning with a 39-27 score. In the semifinal round, Hong Kong, China won against China, 40-30, while Korea defeated Japan, 45-35. The bronze medal went to Japan over China, 45-38.
Men’s Team Sabre (14 countries)
1. Korea (gold)
2. Japan (silver)
3. Iran (bronze)
4. Hong Kong, China
5. China
6. Kazakhstan
7. Kuwait
8. Thailand
Women’s Team Epee (11 countries)
1. Korea (gold)
2. Hong Kong, China (silver)
3. Japan (bronze)
4. China
5. Singapore
6. Thailand
7. Chinese Taipei
8. Indonesia
Day 5. In the final match of men’s team epee, Korea faced Uzbekistan, winning with a 38-35 score. In the semifinal round, Uzbekistan won against Japan, 36-35, while Korea defeated China, 29-25. The bronze medal went to Japan over China, 42-37.
In the final match of women’s team foil, Japan faced China, winning with a 45-33 score. In the semifinal round, China won against Korea, 43-29, while Japan defeated Singapore, 45-31. The bronze medal went to Korea over Singapore, 44-35.
Men’s Team Epee (17 countries)
1. Korea (gold)
2. Uzbekistan (silver)
3. Japan (bronze)
4. China
5. Kazakhstan
6. Hong Kong, China
7. Kyrgyzstan
8. Australia
Women’s Team Foil (10 countries)
1. Japan (gold)
2. China (silver)
3. Korea (bronze)
4. Singapore
5. Hong Kong, China
6. Australia
7. Philippines
8. Chinese Taipei
Day 6. In the final match of men’s team foil, Japan faced Korea, winning with a 45-33 score. In the semifinal round, Korea won against Hong Kong, China, 45-42, while Japan defeated Chinese Taipei, 45-26. The bronze medal went to Hong Kong, China over Chinese Taipei, 45-30.
In the final match of women’s team sabre, Korea faced Japan, winning with a 45-39 score. In the semifinal round, Japan won against China, 45-42, while Korea defeated Kazakhstan, 45-34. The bronze medal went to China over Kazakhstan, 45-35.
Men’s Team Foil (12 countries)
1. Japan (gold)
2. Korea (silver)
3. Hong Kong, China (bronze)
4. Chinese Taipei
5. China
6. Singapore
7. Australia
8. Kuwait
Women’s Team Sabre (9 countries)
1. Korea (gold)
2. Japan (silver)
3. China (bronze)
4. Kazakhstan
5. Indonesia
6. Singapore
7. Hong Kong, China
8. Thailand