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the two people fencing in the video, cao shiting on the left

(reporter zhou ni of fast news)on september 10, the 2024 jiangsu youth fencing championship kicked off in wuxi. in the competition that day, suqian fencer cao shiting won the runner-up in the women's saber individual event in the 10-11 age group and won a silver medal.

li ao, coach of the suqian city fencing team, said that cao shiting performed well in the group and promotion matches, and advanced to the finals of the 10-11-year-old women's sabre. in the final, cao shiting started with a brave and courageous sword, leading 2:1. then the opponent from wuxi changed tactics and scored 7 points in a row. cao shiting fell behind 2:5 in the first game. at the beginning of the second game, there were constant shouts from the scene. cao shiting scored 2 points in a row, but she did not seize the initiative and eventually lost, winning the individual runner-up in the group.

"this competition is a professional one, hosted by the jiangsu provincial sports bureau. the result achieved by cao shiting is a breakthrough for the younger age group of the city fencing team," said li ao.

it is reported that cao shiting is studying at the chengbei road campus of nanjing normal university affiliated high school suqian branch and started learning fencing in october 2022. cao shiting's mother told reporters that her child loves fencing very much. through hard work in the past two years, she has become a top player in the city's fencing team. as a parent, she will do her best to support her child in pursuing his dream.