| China's veteran swordswoman Zhong Weiping has grabbed a gold medal in the women's epee at the 2006 World Cup FIE Grand Prix in Nanjing, the capital of east China's Jiangsu province.
(Zhong Weiping, middle, holds her trophy. Photo: sina.com)
Zhong met Russia's Oxana Ermakova in the finals. Both players were very prudent and neither side would make the first attack. As a result, they each received a red and a yellow card for being passive in the first two rounds of the competition.
Ignited by the punishment, both players began their fight in the third round to a 5-5 draw.
China's Zhong Weiping took a precious point in the one-minute extra time to wind up the match 6-5, en route to win the gold medal.
The Nanjing FIE Grand Prix serves as one of the qualifiers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
A total of 90 athletes from 18 countries and regions have participated in the Grand Prix, which runs from May 18 to 21. |
Producer: Lu Xiaohong 
