[Sports Road News]As the World Fencing Championships completed the individual competition, the world rankings were also updated immediately.Male flower port will Zhang Jialang win the bronze medal even if it is historic, but the position of “World One” was still replaced by Italian star Marini Tommaso, who dropped a little to 2nd; Cai Junyan also dropped a little to 8th. In the epee, Jiang Minxing, who also won the bronze medal, rose slightly to 6th place, while Fang Kaishen and Chen Weiling rose to 29th and 36th places respectively, setting new personal highs respectively.
The fencing world ranking adopts a “rolling system”. The total score of a swordsman is composed of the 5 satellites/World Cup/Grand Prix with the highest scores in the past year, together with the points of the Intercontinental Championship and World Championship/Olympic Games, and each event is held. After the event, a point from an old event of the previous season will be removed, and this time the World Championships in Cairo, Egypt will replace the points from last year’s Tokyo Olympics.
Hong Kong-made “World One” Zhang Jialang scored 189 points in the world ranking before the competition, of which 96 points came from the champion of the Tokyo Olympics. If the points after deducting the East Olympics are calculated, Zhang Jialang’s points in the five international races and the Intercontinental Championships this season are actually not as good as those of the three Italian sons Daniele Garozzo, Alessio Foconi and Tommaso Marini. Among them, the rising Italian star Marini has won consecutive championships since April. 1 gold and 1 bronze in the World Cup, champion in the Grand Prix and runner-up in the European Championships. Before the World Championships, without the blessing of Tokyo Olympic points, he had already ranked 3rd, and he was 41 points higher than Zhang Jialang after deducting the points of the East Olympics, which means that Zhang Jialang is in the World Championships. Whether or not he can maintain the “World No. 1” seat after the game depends not only on whether he can perform better than the three Italian swordsmen in the World Championships, but also on whether Marini is out early.
However, Marini and Zhang Jialang also advanced to the top 4 yesterday. With the World Championships champion scoring 80 points, the second runner-up 65 points, and the third runner-up 50 points, the Italian swordsman will definitely get enough points to beat Zhang Jialang after the World Championships, regardless of the final medal color. Rise to the first place. Marini, who finally won the runner-up, made his debut in the “World One” with 199 points, Zhang Jialang dropped to the second place with 143 points, Foconi, who was eliminated in the top 8, and Garozzo, who stopped in the top 16, ranked third and fifth respectively. Defending French Enzo Lefort rose to fourth place.
As for another port player, Cai Junyan, after he stopped in the top 32 yesterday, the world ranking dropped slightly from 7th place. As for Wu Nuohong’s ranking from 76th to 64th, Yang Zijia rose from 68th to 59th; Nvhuagang raised Zheng Xiaowei’s ranking from 51st before the game to 47th. The highest season-ending ranking ever.
In terms of epee, Jiang Minxi, who also won the bronze medal, has risen slightly in the world ranking from 7th to 6th. As for Chen Weiling, who reached the top 32 in the first World Championship, he rose from 55th before the competition to 36th, setting a new personal high. The swordsman who returned from New Zealand in 2018 has been hovering between 200 and 300 for the past three seasons. This season, he has made a big leap in the world ranking after winning bronze at the Asian Championships and advancing to the top 32 at the World Championships. In terms of men’s weight, although Fang Kaishen, who made the top 8 historically, missed the medal, his ranking rose from the top 78 to 29, which also set a new personal high. Hong Kong’s previous highest ranking was 33 in the 2017/18 season.
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Fencing]Zhang Jialang’s ranking dropped and became “World No. 2” Fang Kaishen and Chen Weiling set a new personal high」