深外学子夺世界中学生运动会首金

Qin Jiayan from Shenzhen Foreign Language School (SFLS) won the men’s épée competition at the 2018 Gymnasiade on May 4, the first day of the event, claiming the first gold medal for Team China at this year’s games. This year’s event was held in Marrakech, Morocco.

Qin’s teammate Zhang Zhengxi also won third place in the men’s épée and Hu Yu’er won the third place in the women’s foil. The three are all national first-class athletes.

Other Shenzhen students also placed at the event. Zhao Ruidan from Nanshan Foreign Language School won the fifth place in women’s foil, and Wang Ying and Song Wen Xu from SFLS earned sixth and seventh places in women’s saber. The three are also the national second-class athletes.

SFLS has always attached great importance to fostering well-rounded students. In recent years the school’s fencing team has become particularly high performing and competitive.

Seven out of the 12 athletes on the team have gained individual or group titles at the National Fencing Championship for Middle School Students. As a result, the Middle School Students Sports Association entrusted the school to represent China to compete in the foil, épée and saber events at the 2018 Gymnasiade.

(Yang Mei)