Cheung Ka Long of Hong Kong won the men's foil title at the Asian Fencing Championships ©Getty Images

The final day of individual action at the Asian Fencing Championships saw Tokyo 2020 Olympics champion Cheung Ka Long claim gold in the men’s foil.

Long of Hong Kong defeated China’s Mo Ziwei 15-6 to win the continental crown at the SK Handball Gym in South Korea.

Long had earlier defeated fellow Chinese fencers Wu Bin and Xu Jie in the semi and quarter-finals respectively.

Meanwhile, Ziwei had earned his spot in the final with a narrow 15-14 win over Hong Kong’s Choi Chun Yin Ryan.

Following their semi-final losses, Bin and Ryan were both awarded bronze medals.

Soo-Yeon Choi of South Korea won gold in the women's sabre final at the Asian Fencing Championships ©Getty Images
Soo-Yeon Choi of South Korea won gold in the women's sabre final at the Asian Fencing Championships ©Getty Images

In the women’s sabre final South Korea’s Soo-Yeon Choi was victorious with a 15-9 win in the final over Misaki Emura of Japan.

Choi, part of the South Korean team that claimed women’s sabre team bronze at Tokyo 2020, had earlier beaten Hengyu Yang of China 15-12.

Meanwhile, Emura had secured her place in the final with a 15-10 victory against China’s Ying Fu.

As defeated semi-finalists Yang and Fu both claimed bronze medals.

Team competitions are scheduled to take centre stage from tomorrow, with medals set to be awarded in the women’s epee and men’s sabre team competitions.