Round of 16 of the 2024 Kuwait Asian Championships between Matsuyama Kyosuke 松山 恭助 FIE Rank 7 and Cheung Ka Long of Hong Kong 張家朗 香港
On the Left - 松山 恭助 MATSUYAMA Kyouske of Japan
松山 恭助 Matsuyama won Gold at the 2022 Bonn Individual World Cup and Bronze at the 2023 Milan World Championships. Since 2021, Team Japan has been trained by Erwan Le Pechoux - ex Olympic Gold and Silver medalist and one of the most accomplished foilists of the 2000-2021 era. Le Pechoux is a small left handed fencer who spent his entire career fencing taller left handed fencers like Andrea Cassara and Lei Sheng, so he is one of the best candidates to coach Matsuyama for this match up.
On the Right - Cheung Ka Long of Hong Kong 張家朗 香港
Cheung Ka Long of Hong Kong 張家朗 香港 is reigning Olympic Champion. During this Olympic cycle, Cheung Ka Long 張家朗 won a bronze medal at the 2022 Cairo World Championships, 1 World Cup, 3 Grand Prix, the 2022 Asian Championships, the 2023 Asian Games, and 2023 Universade Championships. Cheung Ka Long 張家朗 had won the previous event - the 2024 Shanghai Grand Prix • 2024 Shanghai Grand Pr...
Match up:
Matsuyama 松山 恭助 had fenced Cheung Ka Long 張家朗 4 times in the past, and had won 3 of the 4 encounters
2023 Milan World Championships -
Matsuyama 松山 恭助 15/14 Cheung Ka Long 張家朗
2020 Cairo WC -
Matsuyama 松山 恭助 15/9 Cheung Ka Long 張家朗
2019 Bonn WC -
Matsuyama 松山 恭助 15/8 Cheung Ka Long 張家朗
2019 Paris WC -
Matsuyama 松山 恭助 8/15 Cheung Ka Long 張家朗
0:00 Bout begins
8:06 8/14 comeback