Fencers off to flying start in Brunei

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The Republic’s fencers made a clean sweep of the gold medals on offer on the opening day of the South-east Asian Fencing Federation (SEAFF) Junior and Cadet Championships 2013 a few days ago.

At the Brunei capital, the women sabre fencers led the way by securing all four medals in the individual event, with Felicia Yam, Christabel Yong, Jolie Lee and Lau Ywen filling all the semi-final slots.

The men’s foil individual event also saw an all-Singaporean final with 16-year-olds Joshua Lim and Christian Lim the pick of a 23-strong field.

The women’s individual epee event saw a meeting of two old rivals in the final, with Singapore’s Rania Herlina Rahardja squaring off against Nguyen Thu Hien of Vietnam.

And it was 20-year-old Rania who triumphed by edging Nguyen 15-13.

Singapore also collected a bronze medal in this event through 15-year-old Donna Lim, who had lost to Nguyen in the semi-finals.

Fencing Singapore President Nicholas Fang was delighted with the opening day results.

“This validates the hard work being put in by our young fencers who are gearing up for the Asian Youth Games, Youth Olympic Games and other major events in the next three years,” said Fang.