Men’s Individual Epee
Gergely Siklosi (Hungary) was the number one seed and started well in the competition. He defeated reigning Olympic champion Park Sang-young (South Korea) in the quarter-finals. From the second quarter, it was the two favourites who clashed in the quarter-finals. Andrea Santarelli (Italy) defeated Masaru Yamada (Japan). In section three Ihor Reizlin (Ukraine) came through in three tight bouts. Getting through that quarter was made easier as Yannick Borel (France) was defeated by Mohamed Al-Sayed (Egypt). Arguably the toughest quarter was the fourth. Sergey Bida (Russia) was the seed and started ominously with a 15-2 win. On the other side of the quarter, Romain Cannone (France) shocked Ruben Limardo (Venezuela) 15-12. He went on to beat Bas Verwijlen (Netherlands) and Bida. In the semi-finals, both Cannone and Siklosi won 15-10. It was a score that was repeated in the final, as the speedy Cannone upset Siklosi with a performance full of flair. The world number 47 celebrated joyously.
🥇Romain Cannone 🇫🇷
🥈Gergely Siklosi 🇭🇺
🥉Ihor Reizlin 🇺🇦
Men’s Individual Foil
Gerek Meinhardt (United States) was the number one seed but lost his opening bout against Vladislav Mylnikov (Russia). He went out in the next round to Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (Egypt) who was defeated by home favourite Takahiro Shikine (Japan). Daniele Garozzo (Italy) and Enzo Lefort (France) were the seeded fencers and Garozzo made a great start to the defence of his Olympic title, beating Lefort 15-10. Alexander Massialas (United States) was another American who went out in his first round to Peter Joppich (Germany). Andrea Cassara (Italy) was the other fencer expected to do well but went out to Mohamed Hamza (Egypt) but was knocked out in the quarter-final by Alexander Choupenitch (Czech Republic). Another two seeds were defeated early in the bottom quarter as Nick Itkin (United States) and Alessio Foconi (Italy) were eliminated. Foconi was beaten by Cheung Ka-long (Hong Kong) and he then defeated Choupenitch to set up a final against Garozzo. The Italian was the heavy favourite and it was a massive shock to see Ka-long defeat him 15-11 becoming only the second-ever athlete to win gold from Hong Kong.
🥇Cheung Ka-long 🇭🇰
🥈Daniele Garozzo 🇮🇹
🥉Alexander Choupenitch 🇨🇿
Men’s Individual Sabre
Oh Sang-uk (South Korea) was the number one seed and went on a comfortable run to the quarter-finals where he met up with fellow top ten ranked fencer Sandro Bazadze (Georgia). Bazadze would get the win and go on to meet Aron Szilagyi (Hungary) in the semi-final. Looking for this third straight gold medal he cruised through his quarter, winning all of his matchups by more than seven points and fellow seed Max Hartung (Germany) losing to Ali Pakdaman (Iran). In the third quarter both of the seeds, Bolade Apithy (France) and Luca Curatoli (Italy) lost their opening bouts, so Curatoli watched as teammates Enrico Berre (Italy) and Luigi Samele (Italy) clashed in the quarter-finals. Samele progressed with a 15-10 win. Eli Dershwitz (United States) was the number two seed but Kim Jung-hwan (South Korea), desperate to improve on his bronze from Rio took him out. He would be defeated by Samele though while Szilagyi was run close by Bazadze, only winning 15-13. The two were tied at 13-13 and only received his final two points after long deliberation by the referees. In the final, it was a simple affair as he won his third contest 15-7 making history as the first man to win three golds in the same discipline.
🥇Aron Szilagyi 🇭🇺
🥈Luigi Samele 🇮🇹
🥉Kim Jung-hwan 🇰🇷
Men’s Team Epee
After beating the United States in the round of sixteen, Japan would cause one of the upsets of the tournament beating France 45-44 despite being 38-36 down. South Korea also flexed their muscles from behind, going from 34-30 down to win 44-39. China had a comfortable 45-35 win over Ukraine with Russia beating Italy 45-34.
China led Russia after the first bout but Russia would take over and win 45-38. Japan continued their run after taking a 29-17 lead and winning 45-38. Japan would go on to take a shock gold medal, winning 45-36.
🥇Japan 🇯🇵
🥈Russia 🇷🇺
🥉South Korea 🇰🇷
Men’s Team Foil
The United States had a few nervy moments against Germany, often going behind but managed to win 45-36. Russia controlled the contest against Hong Kong, winning 45-39. Italy led their quarter-final at every moment except from the first bout and at the end, where Japan led 45-43. France beat Egypt 45-34. Russia had a fast start leaving them 20-17 up but the United States were back in the lead at 35-32. The Borodachev brothers were able to pull it out though and take the 45-41 win for Russia. Japan led the semi-final 15-11 over France but they pulled it back and took victory with a 45-42. The United States took a comfortable victory with a 45-31 win over Japan to seal bronze. The final started close with France edging into a 21-18 lead. The Russians would only win another ten points, France taking the crown 45-28.
🥇France 🇫🇷
🥈Russia 🇷🇺
🥉United States 🇺🇸
Men's Team Sabre
South Korea took an early lead over Egypt in the quarter-final and never looked back. They would go on to play Germany who dominated Russia to win 45-28. Holding a 40-33 lead into the final matchup, Italy could only drag themselves over the line with a 45-44 win over Iran in the quarter-final. Hungary led by Szilagyi, led against the United States the whole time. Italy came from behind in the semi-final against Hungary, having been 30-25 down to win 45-43. South Korea would overcome Germany 45-42 to make the final. It was a surprise domination in the final as South Korea beat Italy 45-26. The medals were handed out in reverse to the individual event.
🥇South Korea 🇰🇷
🥈Italy 🇮🇹
🥉Hungary 🇭🇺
Women’s Individual Epee
Section one was headlined by Choi In-jeong (South Korea) but she did not make it past her first bout as she was defeated by Aizanat Murtazaeva. Only 19 she then went on to defeat highly ranked Vivian Kong (Hong Kong) in the quarter-finals. The second quarter was loaded. Sun Yiwen (China) was the highest ranked but arguably not even the best Chinese player as compatriot Lin Sheng (China) was also drawn there. Yiwen proved she was number one overcoming Federico Isola (Italy) who beat Sheng. Nathalie Moelhausen (Brazil) was the number four ranked fencer but went out to Rossella Fiamingo (Italy) despite not being the highest ranked Italian fencer, as Maria Navarria (Italy) went out. Instead, the quarter was won by Katrina Lehis (Estonia). Ana Maria Popescu (Romania) was the favourite and her draw improved when Nozomi Sato (Japan) defeated Kang Young-mi (South Korea). Popescu would go on to win the quarter and defeat Lehis. In the final, she would come up against Yiwen. Yiwen overcomes Popescu 11-10 to take Chinese gold.
🥇Sun Yiwen 🇨🇳
🥈Ana Maria Popescu 🇷🇴
🥉Katrina Lehis 🇪🇪
Women’s Individual Foil
The 2016 gold medalist Inna Deriglazova (Russia) was the number one seed and started well, winning her quarter with only Fanny Kreiss (Hungary) getting to ten. The second quarter came down to the two Italians Arianna Errigo (Italy) and Alice Volpi (Italy). Errigo looked in great form but Volpi was able to defeat her 15-7. Lee Kiefer came through the third quarter after defeating home favourite Yuka Ueno (Japan), who was the 2018 Youth Olympic champion. Ysaora Thibus (France) was the second seed but was defeated by Larisa Korobeynikova (Russia) who then went on to beat Kelliegh Ryan (Canada). In the semi-finals, Kiefer got a massive 15-6 win over Korobeynikova whilst Deriglazova beat Volpi. In the final Lee Kiefer was able to upset Deriglazova, winning 15-13.
🥇Lee Kiefer 🇺🇸
🥈Inna Deriglazova 🇷🇺
🥉Larisa Korobeynikova 🇷🇺
Women’s Individual Sabre
Olha Kharlan (Ukraine) had medals at the previous two Olympics and entered as the top seed. Dreams of a third individual medal were dashed in her first bout as she lost to Yang Hengyu (China). Coming out of that section was 2018 world champion Sofia Pozdniakova (Russia). The second quarter was tough and saw Anne-Elizabeth Stone (United States) and Dagmara Wozniak (United States) beaten. Manon Brunet (France) was the seed and came through the quarter. The third quarter was a bit weaker and it was Anna Marton (Hungary) who defeated Zaynab Dayibekova (Uzbekistan) to win the quarter. The fourth quarter saw the much-anticipated clash between Mariel Zagunis (United States), a two-time Olympic champion and Sofiya Velikaya (Russia) who had two Olympic medals but no gold. Velikaya came through with a 15-8 victory. She beat Marton 15-8 and it was her teammate who she would come up against in the final. It was the younger Russian who got the victory perhaps ending Velikaya’s hopes of ever taking gold.
🥇Sofia Pozdniakova 🇷🇺
🥈Sofiya Velikaya 🇷🇺
🥉Manon Brunet 🇫🇷
Women’s Team Epee
Behind 21 points from Sun Yiwen, China overcame Hong Kong 44-32 despite 14 points from Marian Kong. The second quarter-final was a tight match between Italy and Russia. Italy led 19-17 after eight bouts with 11 points from Mara Navarria and a wild 28-point final match, which saw Italy just about come out on top 33-31. Estonia travelled the majority of the match against Poland until bronze medal winner Lehis, put them in the lead in the eighth match. The United States got behind in the fourth leg and never led again, losing 38-33. Hungary would beat Italy 42-34 in the semi-final whilst Choi In-jeong scored 15 in the last bout for South Korea to beat the United States 38-29. In the Olympic final, after eight matches it was 26-26. The win was sealed by Lehis who won 10-6 over In-Jeong.
🥇Estonia 🇪🇪
🥈South Korea 🇰🇷
🥉Italy 🇮🇹
Women’s Team Foil
Russia took a 10-0 lead over Egypt and never looked back, winning 45-21. The United States, led by Kiefer won 45-36 over Japan. As expected the bottom half saw Italy and France set up a massive semi-final. Russia would start well but Kiefer kept was in great form, twice leaving the United States in the lead. Entering the final round with a 39-36 deficit was too much for her to overcome against Deriglazova and Russia took the 45-42. Italy took a lead of 20-9 but France slowly pulled the lead back, only trailing 40-37 heading into the last round and Ysoara Thibus was able to overcome the deficits to take France into the gold medal match. Despite taking a lead after the first bout, Italy went on to beat the United States 45-23. In the final, Russia took an early lead, going up 20-12 and 30-20. Against such a good team, it was too much to come back from and Russia run out 45-34 winners.
🥇Russia 🇷🇺
🥈France 🇫🇷
🥉Italy 🇮🇹
Women’s Team Sabre
Russia opened up a lead in the quarter-final and never looked back against Japan. Hungary led 35-32 against South Korea but were upset 45-40. The United States got a tough draw against France and were dominated, losing 30-45. Italy took control of their quarter-final against China and never relinquished it, winning 45-41. France led Italy 30-14 in the semi-final only for Michela Battiston to score 18 points. This brought the contest close but the gap was too much and France won 45-39. South Korea initially kept it close at 15-10 but Russia won 45-26. Korea would trail the third place playoff 15-25 only to bounce back to win 45-42. Aside from the third and fourth bouts, Russia led the whole final winning 45-41.
🥇Russia 🇷🇺
🥈France 🇫🇷
🥉South Korea 🇰🇷
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