#NewsSharing🌋 #EnglishEverywhere🌋 Hong Kong fencer Cheung Ka-long wins gold in Tokyo Hong Kong’s top male fencer Cheung Ka-long has claimed (奪得) gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games – after defeating the reigning (衛冕的) Olympic champion, Daniele Garozzo of Italy, 15-11 in a nail-biting (緊張刺激的) final of the men’s individual foil (花劍). His gold is Hong Kong’s first medal in the sport, second-ever gold, and fourth Olympics medal in history. Cheung went down 1-4 early on in the contest, before rallying (重整) and taking five straight points to go up 6-4 and pulling away to 10-5. But the Italian fought back (反擊) to defend his Olympic crown, taking Cheung to 13-11. With a gold medal on the line (攸關), Cheung held his nerve (保持冷靜) taking the next two points to close out (結束) the final 15-11. Speaking immediately after the final, Cheung said he was finding it difficult to believe he had actually won gold. He said he hoped this has a positive impact on fencing in Hong Kong and shows that local fencers can win not only in Asia, but also on the world stage. Cheung, a former junior world champion, had already made history in his run to the final by becoming Hong Kong’s first fencer (劍擊手) to reach an Olympic semi-final (準決賽). To get there, the 24-year-old beat the top-seeded (頭號種子) Italian Alessio Foconi, 15-3, then followed that up with a thrilling (令人興奮的) come-from-behind (後來居上的) 15-14 victory (勝利) over ROC athlete Kirill Borodachev. Alexander Choupenitch was Cheung’s next victim – the Czech Republic fencer going down 15-10 in the semi-finals to guarantee (保證) that Hong Kong would be getting its first medal in Tokyo. In the bronze medal bout (比賽), Choupenitch defeated Japan’s Takahiro Shikine 15-8. Extra Vocabulary ✨ 花劍 foil 重劍 epee 佩劍 sabre 劍柄 hilt 銀色金屬衣 lamé 小百科📦 開始比賽前我地會聽到一句口令：en-garde, pret, allez 原來呢句口令係法文嚟，意思係解 on guard, ready, go Reference RTHK news #🌋🐸 🌋 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐧𝐨 🌋 єяυρт ιηтσ уσυя ƒυтυяє ——— #Vocabno #DSEEnglish #hkdseenglish #dse英文 #DSE #dsefighter #22DSE #2022DSE #2022dsefighter #23DSE #2023DSE #2023dsefighter #24DSE #2024DSE #2024dsefighter #HKDSE #Dsetips #JUPAS #升學 #大學 #dsestudygram #英語學習 #英文教學 #學英文 #張家朗 #香港運動員 #tokyo2020