Women s Heavy Sword World Cup Wuxi Station Chinese team gains a bronze

Xinhua News Agency, Wuxi, May 24 (Reporter Wang Hengzhi) The 2025 International Sword Federation Women's Heavy Sword World Cup (Wuxi Station) won the individual gold medal at the Huishan District National Fitness Center in Wuxi on the 24th, and French player Alexandra Louis Marie won the championship. Xu Nuo, 27, once again stood on the World Cup individual podium after more than eight years, winning a bronze medal for the Chinese team.

The Chinese team had 14 players participating in the individual competition, but in the end, only Xu Nuo reached the quarterfinals. Xu Nuo easily passed the quarterfinals 14:9. In the semi-finals, he faced Korean star Song Shiluo, but Xu Nuo failed to continue his good form and lost 7:15 and won a bronze medal. After the game, she bluntly stated that her performance in the semi-finals was not ideal and was led by the opponent's rhythm and failed to play the tactics that were arranged before the game.

At the end of 2016, 18-year-old Xu Nuo won the bronze medal in his individual competition for the first time in Doha. She said that this time was also a breakthrough. She was very calm in this competition and was quite satisfied with the overall result.

Song Shiluo's opponent in the final was French player Mary. The 29-year-old girl who reached the final from the preliminaries was defeated by the 31-year-old Song Shiluo 10:9, winning the World Cup individual championship for the first time in her career.

The International Sword Union World Cup will set up individual competitions and team competitions, and a team competition will be held on the 25th. (End)