China General Champion of the 2026 Asian Cadet and Junior Fencing Championships

Youth and Sports Minister Erick Thohir was present at the closing of the 2026 Asian Cadet and Junior Fencing Championship. (Photo/KEMENPORA)

JAKARTA - China managed to strengthen their dominance in the 2026 Asian Cadet and Junior Fencing Championships. The Bamboo Curtain team performed superior and added two gold medals from the junior doubles in the last match.

The Bamboo Curtain State has secured itself as the overall champion of the junior number before the competition, which took place at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Senayan, Jakarta, completed the series of matches on Friday, February 27, 2026.

Despite locking the top of the standings, China is still hungry for gold. They closed the fight in the event attended by 26 countries by stopping Taiwan and Uzbekistan in the final match of the women's foil (floret) and men's saber (sable) doubles.

In the women's foil (floret) doubles final, China crushed Taiwan with a landslide score of 44-18 to take the eighth gold. Previously, China won the seventh gold from the men's saber (saber) doubles through a 45-41 victory over Uzbekistan.

The other four golds in the junior category were shared equally by Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. In the junior number China also managed to secure one silver and one bronze, then Japan in second place added three silver and two bronze.

Although dominant in the juniors, China actually lost to Hong Kong in the cadet category. Hong Kong managed to top the standings in that category with five gold, four silver, and four bronze, while China got four gold, four silver, and three bronze.

However, overall, coupled with the results in the cadet numbers, China remains the strongest because they have a total of 12 gold. They were followed by Hong Kong with six gold, South Korea (South Korea) three gold, Japan one gold, Taiwan one gold, and Singapore one gold.