On a welcomed cooler fifth day in Rio, the Cadet Men’s Foil competition at the 2026 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships concluded with a historic milestone for fencing in Hong Kong, China. World number one Ho Shing Him Harris captured the gold medal, ensuring that athletes from Hong Kong now simultaneously hold the Cadet, Junior, and Senior World Championship titles in Men’s Foil.
This unprecedented "triple crown" follows Lam Ho Long’s Junior title victory yesterday and Choi Chun Yin Ryan’s Senior World Championship win in Tbilisi last year. Historically, the team has seen a steady rise in this weapon, including Cheung Ka Long’s Junior World title in 2017 and Cheng Tit Nam’s Cadet world title in 2022.
Ho Shing Him Harris’s dominant run to the gold included a 15-5 win over Italy’s Di Martino, a 15-6 victory against France’s Boumaza, and a 15-8 win over Türkiye’s Cazzani. In the latter stages, he dismantled the third-seeded Lin of China 15-4 and the eighth-seeded Maeda Masashi of Japan 15-8, before securing the title with a 15-10 final victory over South Korea’s Choi Jian.
The silver medal was claimed by the unranked Choi Jian of the Republic of Korea, who produced a series of resilient performances. After comfortable early wins over Poland's Gluszak (15-4) and world number 28 Martinez Bravo of Venezuela (15-6), Choi demonstrated immense grit in the semifinals. Facing the United States' Ziyu Wang, Choi famously clawed back from a 7-1 deficit to win 15-13 and secure his place in the final.
The bronze medals were shared by Japan’s Maeda Masashi and the United States’ Ziyu Wang. Maeda, ranked eighth, reached the podium by defeating the twin brother of the eventual champion, Ho Sing Fung Anthony (HKG), 15-11, followed by a narrow 15-14 win over China’s Zou and a 15-7 victory against France's Robinet.
The unranked Ziyu Wang of the USA also enjoyed a standout day, taking down a string of high seeds including the second-seeded Aguinaga Procel of Ecuador (15-12) and the seventh-seeded Budovskyi of Canada (15-13) to earn his spot on the World Championship podium.