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The 2024 Asian Fencing Championships will be held in Kuwait from 21 to 27 June, and the Chinese team consisting of Quanzhou's Chen Haiwei and Xu Jie and Guangdong's Mo Ziwei won the men's foil team event on the final day of the event, marking the first time since 2017 that the Chinese men's foil team has reached the top podium of the Asian Championships. Hui'an athlete Xu Jie and his teammates won the foil team championship; At the same time, he won the eighth place in the men's foil individual competition.
In the men's foil team competition held on the 27th, a total of 12 teams participated in the competition, and the Chinese team played the Paris Olympic lineup, starting by Xu Jie, Chen Haiwei, Mo Ziwei, and Wu Bin as a substitute. After a bye in the first round, we easily defeated the Qatari team to advance to the semi-finals. In the semifinals, he played against Hong Kong, China, and finally defeated Hong Kong, China 45-44. In the other semi-final, South Korea eliminated Japan and competed for the championship. In the end, the Chinese men's flower team won 45-36, and the Chinese fencing ended perfectly.
Xu Jie (second from right)
Xu Jie (first from left)
Xu Jie, a Hui'an athlete, born in January 2002, entered the fencing team of the Quanzhou Sports Team in 2013, the Provincial Sports School in the same year, the Provincial Sports Team in 2017, and the national team in 2022.
Xu Jie's main achievements in recent years:
2023
Runner-up in the men's foil team at the 19th Asian Games.
2023
World Fencing Championships Men's Foil Team Runner-up.
2023
Asian Fencing Championships Men's Foil Team Third Place.
2023
National Fencing Championship Finals Men's Foil Individual Runner-up, Team Champion.
2022
National Fencing Championship Finals Men's Foil Individual Runner-up, Team Runner-up.
2021
The 14th National Games of the People's Republic of China won the fourth place in the men's foil individual competition.
On June 3, in the Chinese fencing team's Paris Olympics foil event undecided place trials, Fujian athlete Jiao Enqi defeated Jiangsu player Shi Yue 15:13 to qualify for the Paris Olympics. This is the first time in the history of Hui'an County that an athlete has participated in the Olympic Games.
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