Hong Kong wins first ever fencing Olympic medal

Cheung Ka Long won Hong Kong’s first Olympic gold medal and first Olympic medal of any colour in fencing on 26 July.

The gold medal was Hong Kong’s second ever Olympic gold medal after Lee Lai Shan won gold in the windsurfing competition in Atlanta in 1996.

Cheung beat the favourite pre-match favourite and defending champion Daniele Garozzo 15-10 in the men’s individual foil final.

“I told myself, ‘I am nothing against him, he is the Olympic champion’. I just kept fighting until the end,” said Cheung.

“It is like a dream. For me yesterday I was thinking about the first match only. The most important thing about the games is the first match.”