{"id":73066,"date":"2025-10-14T02:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/73066\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T02:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:35:11","slug":"hong-kong-foil-fencers-target-perfect-sweep-of-national-games-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/73066\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong foil fencers target \u2018perfect\u2019 sweep of National Games medals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The coach behind Hong Kong\u2019s fencing success has boldly targeted four men\u2019s foil medals \u2013 all the individual prizes and team gold \u2013 at next month\u2019s National Games, saying such a sweep would be \u201cperfect\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Greg Koenig, who leads the men\u2019s and women\u2019s foil teams, expressed full confidence in his charges and noted that the Games\u2019 format might give Hong Kong an edge over the other provinces and cities.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The city will be represented at Kai Tak Arena by two-time and reigning Olympic champion Cheung Ka-long, world champion Ryan Choi Chun-yin and rising star Leung Chin-yu in the individual event. Lawrence Ng Lok-wang, holding his career-best world ranking of No 37, will take part in the team event.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI have big expectations for the men\u2019s team,\u201d Koenig said. \u201cIf you had asked me in [the last edition in] 2021, I would have told you I hoped Ka-long could do something.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cBut a few years later, we have the level of Choi, and we also have Ka-long, as well as Leung, who is improving day by day and gaining some experience.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Greg Koenig, who leads Hong Kong\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s foil teams. Photo: Mike Chan\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/497b4923-947b-44a2-b878-0b8b80c8cf98_d40e4bb7.jpg\" title=\"Greg Koenig, who leads Hong Kong\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s foil teams. Photo: Mike Chan\"\/>Greg Koenig, who leads Hong Kong\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s foil teams. Photo: Mike Chan<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe had already won one World Cup gold medal in Hong Kong [in May 2024], so my expectation is a gold medal by the team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The coach behind Hong Kong\u2019s fencing success has boldly targeted four men\u2019s foil medals \u2013 all the individual&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[51926,51961,51933,51954,51929,51939,51936,51944,51938,51928,51925,51927,51955,51937,170,51931,51952,85,46,51935,51934,51932,51956,51953,51959,51940,51964,51946,51950,51942,34490,51960,51963,51930,51311,51948,105,51947,51949,51962,51951,51958,51957,51941,51945,51943],"class_list":["post-73066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-2025-national-games","tag-aaron-ho-sze-long","tag-cedric-ho-wai-hang","tag-chan-wai-ling","tag-cheung-ka-long","tag-choi-chun-yin","tag-chu-ka-mong","tag-chu-wing-kiu","tag-doha-grand-prix","tag-epee","tag-fencing","tag-foil","tag-fong-hoi-sun","tag-gauthier-grumier","tag-germany","tag-greg-koenig","tag-hugo-ho-pak-lam","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-kai-tak-arena","tag-kai-tak-sports-park","tag-kaylin-hsieh-sin-yan","tag-laren-leung-lok-man","tag-lau-ho-fung","tag-lau-yee-ching","tag-lawrence-ng-lok-wang","tag-leung-chin-yu","tag-low-ho-tin","tag-moonie-chu-ka-mong","tag-ng-ho-tin","tag-northwestern-university","tag-paris-olympics","tag-royce-chan-lok-hei","tag-ryan-choi-chun-yin","tag-sabre","tag-sophia-wu","tag-sports","tag-summer-fay-sit","tag-tang-junyao","tag-tianjin","tag-valerie-cheng-hiu-wai","tag-vivian-kong-man-wai","tag-wu-haidi","tag-wu-jiawei","tag-yang-jingwen","tag-yu-sihan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}