Fun fact. Cheung Ka Long won junior world championships a year after Rio olympics, and then took bronze at the next world cup (St. Petersburg 2017). He was fencing too good there (especially for a 20-year-old guy). But Iimura Kazuki did the same! He won juniors in 2022 (after Tokyo 2021) and immediately took bronze in Belgrade 😅. Is it the coincidence or we know who gonna be the next Olympic champion 😂
Ah, but the major differences between those two is that Tokyo was Cheung’s second Olympics. And Cheung is genetically the most perfect specimen for foil fencing - both over 190cm and left handed
@@Dancingtuna Oh, yeah, you're right. I remember Ka Long saying that Rio taught him focus, mental toughness, and that he began to ignore all distractions (the screams of the fans, for example; he had a bout with Toldo, who was fencing in front of the home crowd). It was very useful to him in the quarterfinals in Tokyo, as we all remember 😄
![The Match That Changed Fencing Forever [Epee]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/qy-1m5jxYCI/mqdefault.jpg)
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0:00 (1/9) CHEUNG 張家朗 v MATSUYAMA 松山 恭助
2:39 (2/9) LEUNG 梁千雨 v SHIKINE 敷根 崇裕
8:01 (3/9) CHOI 蔡俊彥
v IIMURA 飯村 一輝
14:20 (4/9) LEUNG 梁千雨 v MATSUYAMA 松山 恭助
21:37 (5/9) CHEUNG 張家朗 v IIMURA 飯村 一輝
25:45 CHOI (6/9) 蔡俊彥
v SHIKINE 敷根 崇裕
33:08 LEUNG (7/9) 梁千雨 v IIMURA 飯村 一輝
36:04 CHOI (8/9) 蔡俊彥
v MATSUYAMA 松山 恭助
40:18 CHEUNG (9/9) 張家朗 v SHIKINE 敷根 崇裕
Fun fact. Cheung Ka Long won junior world championships a year after Rio olympics, and then took bronze at the next world cup (St. Petersburg 2017). He was fencing too good there (especially for a 20-year-old guy). But Iimura Kazuki did the same! He won juniors in 2022 (after Tokyo 2021) and immediately took bronze in Belgrade 😅. Is it the coincidence or we know who gonna be the next Olympic champion 😂
Ah, but the major differences between those two is that Tokyo was Cheung’s second Olympics. And Cheung is genetically the most perfect specimen for foil fencing - both over 190cm and left handed
@@Dancingtuna Oh, yeah, you're right. I remember Ka Long saying that Rio taught him focus, mental toughness, and that he began to ignore all distractions (the screams of the fans, for example; he had a bout with Toldo, who was fencing in front of the home crowd). It was very useful to him in the quarterfinals in Tokyo, as we all remember 😄
33:34 Bianchi moment 🤣