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Given ‘11 out of 10’ billing by Greg Koenig, Harris Ho announced talent to global audience with flawless world championships final effort

Their adrenaline pumping in the immediate aftermath of competition, sportspeople can tend towards hyperbole.

Mike Tyson took the biscuit, poleaxing Lou Savarese, then calling out future opponent Lennox Lewis with the immortal line “I want your heart, I want to eat your children.”

Not remotely as graphic, but after unfancied Bangladesh had ended New Zealand’s 17-match home unbeaten streak in a gripping 2022 Test, their excited seamer Taskin Ahmed praised his side for “giving 110 per cent”, a familiar cry in victory or defeat.

Even Greg Koenig recently allowed himself to go a little overboard: the erudite foil coach, who has done so much to revolutionise fencing in the city, awarded Harris Ho Hing-shim “11 out of 10” for his flawless display in Hong Kong’s gut-wrenching Kerry Fencing World Championships team final defeat by Italy.