China and Kuwait win foil titles at Senayan<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Huang Hina of China stopped the aggressive Park
\nSung-ae of South Korea 15-7 in less than six minutes to win the
\ngirls' individual foil competition at the 4th Asian Juniors and
\nCadets Fencing Championships at the Senayan indoor tennis stadium
\nyesterday.<\/p>\n
A cool and watchful Huang won the mind game from the onset
\nafter Park's loose bodywire delayed the bout by almost two
\nminutes.<\/p>\n
Park won the first few points through vigorous sword play and
\nshouting. Huang, on the other hand, fought with a lady-in-waiting
\nstyle.<\/p>\n
She seemed passive, defending only when necessary. But
\nsuddenly her foil would lunge into her opponent's trunk to
\nequalize the bout point by point.<\/p>\n
After three minutes, the score stood was 6-5 for Huang.<\/p>\n
After a minute break, Huang was unstoppable. She quickly
\nsoared 14 before a signal that the second three-minute period was
\nnear its end. Park managed to score one more point before Huang
\nfinished the duel.<\/p>\n
The bronze medals went Seo Mi-jung of South Korea and Yuko
\nKumagai of Japan. Seo fell 14-15 to Huang and Yuko lost 10-15 to
\nPark in the semifinals earlier in the day.<\/p>\n
In the boys' foil competition, Shahrayen Abdelmoh of Kuwait
\nwon the gold medal after beating South Korea's Kim Woon-sung 15-
\n12 in a tight battle. Mir Mohammadi of Iran and Shinji Sakata of
\nJapan took the bronze medals. Mir was beaten 7-15 by Shahrayen
\nand Shinji lost 11-15 to Kim.<\/p>\n
Today the championships will open with preliminary matches in
\nboth the junior men's epee and the cadet men's saber at 9 a.m.,
\nfollowed by the semifinals at 3 p.m. and the finals at 7.30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Those fencing in the junior category must be 20 years or
\nyounger, while the cadets must be younger than 17. (arf)<\/p>",
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