jul 31 2012
Lei Sheng (CHN) won the gold medal in Men’s Foil today, defeating Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (EGY) 15-13 at the ExCeL Center in London. History was made as Abouelkassem (EGY) became the first fencer from an African nation to win an Olympic medal. @alaaeldinelsay1 is the first ever african medalist in fencing!!! — AbdelAziz Hussein (@AbdelAzizH) juli …
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jul 31 2012
Oekraïnes Yana Shemyakina versloeg Britta Heidemann (GER) 9-8 in extra tijd om de Olympische medaille te winnen in Dames Degen. Heidemann, de goud winnaar uit 2008 , schermde een spel van kat en muis met de Oekraïense. Dat pakte uit in het voordeel van Shemyakina aangezien ze de hele dag top ranking schermers heeft verslagen in de extra tijd. …
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jul 30 2012
Olympics 2012 Fencing: Aron Szilagyi Wins Men’s Sabre Gold Aron Szilagyi (HUN) dominated his semi-final and final matches to secure the gold medal in Men’s Sabre at the 2012 Olympic Games. Szilagyi defeated Diego Occhiuzzi 15-8 to claim the gold medal. Nikolay Kovalev (RUS) won the bronze medal with a 15-7 win over Rares Dumitrescu …
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jul 29 2012
The men’s sabre medal rounds have an Eastern European flavor but no dominant country as fencers from Russia, Hungary, Italy, and Romania advance to compete for the gold medal. US fencers put the world on notice as Tim Morehouse and Daryl Homer advanced to the top-8. Homer would finish 6th and Morehouse 8th. Upsets abounded …
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jul 29 2012
Elisa DiFrancisca (ITA) laid claim to the gold medal in the first second of overtime as she defeated Arianna Errigo (ITA) 12-11. Valentina Vezzali (ITA) had completed Italy’s sweep minutes before in another overtime victory over Korea’s Hyun Hee Nam. The Italian sweep was predicted, but many were hoping to see Vezzali lay claim to …
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jul 28 2012
Mona Shaito (LIB) survived a comeback by Shaimaa Elgammal and won 7-6 in overtime to advance to the round of 32 where she will face Elisa DiFrancisca (ITA). Shaito and Elgammal started the bout slowly, resulting in non-combativity being called and advancing directly to the 2nd period with a 0-0 score. Elgammal earned the first …
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jul 28 2012
At the beginning of the top 8 bouts. Italy asserted it’s dominance today in the women’s foil preliminary rounds as Vezzali, Errigo, and DiFrancisca all advanced to the top 4. The final four matches will be straight from the top seeds: Hyun Hee Nam (KOR) vs. Elisa Di Francisca (ITA) and Arianna Errigo (ITA) vs. …
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