Hong Kong will host the Fencing World Championships for the first time, welcoming over 1,000 competitors from 200+ regions. Local favorites like Ryan Choi Chun-yin and Cheung Ka-long, alongside mainland Chinese fencers, are set to compete for 12 gold medals at AsiaWorld-Expo.
Hong Kong's fencing team, a mix of veterans and young debutants, is preparing to host its first World Fencing Championships in less than three weeks. Led by Olympic champion Cheung Ka-long and reigning individual champion Ryan Choi, the men's foil quartet is backed as medal contenders on home soil.
Firefighter Ho Wai-ho, killed in a deadly blaze, posthumously received the Medal for Bravery (Gold). Economist Lawrence Lau Juen-yee, fencer Ryan Choi Chun-yin, and cyclist Ceci Lee Sze-wing were also honored in Hong Kong's 2026 Honours List.
Hong Kong's world No 2 fencer Ryan Choi Chun-yin is racing to recover from a hamstring injury before the World Fencing Championships on home soil. Coach Greg Koenig expressed pride in the team's runner-up finish at the Asian Championships despite injuries and food poisoning.
Fencing world champion Ryan Choi Chun-yin boldly said on Saturday that he wanted to see the Hong Kong’s men climb to the top of the team world before he retires. The city will host the World Fencing Championships this summer, and Choi said it was time a team that had two athletes who had been ranked as the best in the sport should be bidding to do the same as a group. Speaking to media at an event previewing the championships in July, Choi and his teammates also pointed to the three World Cup...
Greg Koenig, the French head coach who transformed Hong Kong into a fencing powerhouse, has welcomed a new global fencing league as a positive move for the sport. Koenig, 47, who began coaching in Hong Kong in 2018 and has guided world No.1 Ryan Choi Chun-yin and double Olympic champion Cheung Ka-long, believes the competition brings fencing into a modern era with technology and new audience engagement while staying true to the sport's century-long evolution.
Ryan Choi Chun-yin won the inaugural World Fencing League title in Los Angeles on Sunday, defeating Miles Chamley-Watson 16-13 to claim a US$10,000 prize. The event, created by American Olympic bronze medallist Chamley-Watson, drew around 6,000 spectators to the Shrine Auditorium, including seven-times F1 champion Lewis Hamilton. Choi, captain of Team Shield which won five of six contests against Team Blade, called it a breakthrough for fencing and a revolution for the sport.
Ryan Choi Chun-yin staged a fabulous comeback to win his top-of-the-bill bout against Miles Chamley-Watson in the inaugural World Fencing League on Saturday night local time in Los Angeles. Reigning foil world champion Choi trailed Chamley-Watson for long periods of the two-minute contest, but he ultimately hit back from 10-7 behind to claim a 16-13 victory and US$10,000 prize. Also captain of Team Shield, whose competitors won five of the six match-ups with their Team Blade rivals to claim the...
