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Veteran Szasz claims first Rio gold for Hungary in women's epee

Xinhua, August 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Emese Szasz gave Hungary the first Rio Olympic Games gold medal after she won the epee individual title here on Saturday.

The 33-year-old clinched a narrow 15-13 victory over two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo of Italy in the final.

Fiamingo led with 11-10 after the second round, but Szasz fought back to made it 14-12 and sealed the victory with a double-touch.

China's Sun Yiwen won a bronze medal by beating Lauren Rembi of France 15-13.

A raft of top-ranked fencers was ousted in the round of 32 including World No.1 Xu Anqi of China, third-ranked Tatiana Logunova of Russia and South Korea's Shin A Lam, who protested after losing in the semifinals at London 2012. Enditem