Hong Kong fencing coach ‘happy with team’ despite lacklustre display at Shanghai Grand Prix
Greg Koenig believes the foil quartet he has selected for Asian and World Championships can achieve ‘beautiful things’ over next two months
Hong Kong’s fencers all came up short at the Shanghai Grand Prix on Sunday, and world No 1 Ryan Choi Chun-yin lost to an opponent who had not beaten him since before Covid.
With the Asian and World Championships fast approaching, teenager Harris Ho Shing-him managed to go the furthest, making it to the third round before crashing out.
Still, the results reinforced head coach Greg Koenig’s belief in the foil quartet he has selected for the Asian tournament in Delhi next month, and the World Championships at home in July.
Choi and Ho are expected to be joined by Cheung Ka-long and Leung Chin-yu.
Koenig, the man behind Cheung’s double Olympic gold career and the rise of Choi to world champion, said he was “happy with this team” and believed they can achieve “beautiful things” over the next two months.
At the last tournament of the regular season in Shanghai, Ho – one of the six Hongkongers to appear in the main draw – lost 15-9 to China’s Zeng Zhaoran in the third knockout round.
