China halts South Korea charge for team epee title
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August 6, 2012, Monday
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CHINA fought off early jitters and caution to grind down South Korea to take gold in the women's team epee final at the London Olympics on Saturday.
In a flurry of touches by world No. 1 Sun Yujie, third-seeded China took the final margin of victory to 14 points to win by 39-25 over the eighth seeds.
Sun, Li Na, Luo Xiaojuan and Xu Anqi earned China its second gold after Lei Sheng won the men's individual foil.
"The gold medal is from all four of us. We all worked hard in this team effort," Sun said. The Chinese team is coached by a Frenchman, Daniel Levavasseur.
South Korea's team, having upset top seed and reigning world champion Romania in the first round, jumped to an early lead on China but then ran out of gas in the closing rounds.
The silver medal helped soothe some of the pain for South Korea's Shin A-lam who lost her bid for individual epee gold after the official clock was reset in error, giving her opponent time to launch one last successful attack to win. "I am just really happy. I couldn't get a medal in the individual but to get one in the team, just feels wonderful," Shin said.
Her 90-minute protest created one of the most indelible images of the games as the 25-year-old athlete sat alone on the piste, distraught by the turn of events and unable to leave the field of play until the appeal process ran its course.
South Korea, a relative newcomer to the top ranks of fencing, is tied for first in the fencing medals table with perennial powerhouse Italy at six each. China is third in the medal count with three.
In a flurry of touches by world No. 1 Sun Yujie, third-seeded China took the final margin of victory to 14 points to win by 39-25 over the eighth seeds.
Sun, Li Na, Luo Xiaojuan and Xu Anqi earned China its second gold after Lei Sheng won the men's individual foil.
"The gold medal is from all four of us. We all worked hard in this team effort," Sun said. The Chinese team is coached by a Frenchman, Daniel Levavasseur.
South Korea's team, having upset top seed and reigning world champion Romania in the first round, jumped to an early lead on China but then ran out of gas in the closing rounds.
The silver medal helped soothe some of the pain for South Korea's Shin A-lam who lost her bid for individual epee gold after the official clock was reset in error, giving her opponent time to launch one last successful attack to win. "I am just really happy. I couldn't get a medal in the individual but to get one in the team, just feels wonderful," Shin said.
Her 90-minute protest created one of the most indelible images of the games as the 25-year-old athlete sat alone on the piste, distraught by the turn of events and unable to leave the field of play until the appeal process ran its course.
South Korea, a relative newcomer to the top ranks of fencing, is tied for first in the fencing medals table with perennial powerhouse Italy at six each. China is third in the medal count with three.
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