Young Hong Kong fencer Harris Ho sweeps into main draw on World Championships debut

The Kerry Fencing World Championships got under way in Hong Kong on Wednesday, with Harris Ho Shing-him sweeping all before him in the pool matches and two other city athletes also making the main draw.
Held in Hong Kong for the first time, the nine-day tournament devotes its first three days to individual qualifying rounds at AsiaWorld-Expo.
The opening day featured men’s foil and women’s épée – the two weapons favoured by all three of Hong Kong’s top-16 fencers, who bypassed the qualifiers to...