On October 27, the "24th Chinese University Students Fencing Tournament" hosted by the Federation of University Sports of China opened at the Jiujiang Sports Center in Tangshan, Hebei. Led by captain Li Jiqing, a total of nine members of CityU Fencing Team attended the competition.
On the first day of individual competitions, CityU's men's saber Group A fencer Zhao Siyuan and women's epee Group A fencer Guo Han represented the team in the competitions. Guo Han successfully defeated her rival to advance to the quarterfinals, and won the seventh place in the women's epee fencing. The men's epee fencer Niu Lijie played in the Professional Group B competition, and defeated his opponents to advance to the quarterfinals.
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In the individual knockout competition, Niu Lijie defeated all his rivals and made it to the men's epee final, and finally won the second place in the Men's Epee Professional Group.
In the group knockout competition, four players, including Niu Lijie, Wu Yichen, Wang Jiawei and Zhao Siyuan, represented CityU's men's sabre group and finally won the sixth place. Li Jiqing, Huang Yining and Guo Han represented CityU in women's saber group competition who also won the sixth place.
