Chen Yitong’s road to the Olympics
In the qualifying round, each country can only send one player to participate in the wild card round. This time, a total of 15 players competed for the men's blunt sword ranking. With the current highest ranking in the International Effortune Federation (FIE), Chen Yitong is the first seed in this wild card competition, so he can directly advance to the second round. In the subsequent games, he defeated all his opponents in a row, and finally defeated his opponents from Singapore with an overwhelming record of 15:4 in the final, won the championship, and successfully qualified for the Paris Olympics.
A breakthrough in the history of fencing in Taiwan
Chen Yitong is the sixth Taiwanese fencer to participate in the Olympic Games in the history of fencing. He is also the first Taiwanese fencer to win the wild card competition since the implementation of the new Olympic competition system. This victory is not only his personal honor, but also a major breakthrough for fencing in Taiwan. In the past, Taiwanese fencers have participated in the Olympics. The most recent one was Hsu Ruoting in the 2012 London Olympics. Then, even further back in 1984 and 1988, they were Li Taizhong and Cai Xingxiang in the Los Angeles Olympics, and Wang Sancai and Zheng Mingxiang in the Seoul Olympics. player. Chen Yitong's achievement is a new peak for Taiwanese men's fencing. It can already be expected that Taiwan may have new breakthroughs in the fencing event of this year's Paris Olympics.
Paris Olympic fencing schedule2024奧運
The fencing event of the 2024 Paris Olympics will be held from July 27 to August 4, and will be held at the famous Grand Palais in Paris. This fencing competition is divided into 6 men's minor events and 6 women's minor events, with a total of 212 participating places. Most of the Olympic entry lists are allocated based on individual and team Olympic points rankings, while a small number of individual quotas are determined through qualifying competitions in each region.
July 27 is the first day of the fencing schedule. The events expected to be held include women’s individual epee and men’s individual saber. Everything from the top 64 to the gold medal match will be won or lost on this day! The events held on July 28th were women’s individual foil and men’s individual epee, while July 29th were women’s individual saber and men’s individual foil. All individual fencing events will be competed in the first three days.
Conclusion
Chen Yitong's outstanding performance in the qualifying competition represents a major improvement in Taiwan's fencing movement and has also given Taiwanese audiences more expectations for the upcoming Paris Olympics. I believe that Chen Yitong will win glory for Taiwan and create greater glory for Taiwan at the Paris Olympics.巴黎奧運會