Fencing

Olympic fencing officials say appeal had no chance
ESPN
LONDON -- Olympic fencing officials said Tuesday they had no choice but to
reject an appeal by South Korea following the defeat of Shin A-lam in the
semifinals of the Olympic women's individual epee. The South Koreans
claimed that Shin's match against ...
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South Korean Shin misses out on bronze after protest
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - South Korea's Shin A Lam returned to the fencing piste
on Monday after making a one-hour protest against a controversial judge's
call that had cost her the chance of a gold medal. Shin was physically
escorted off the piste after her team ...
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Fencing controversy forces South Korean to sit on piste for ages,
eventually ...
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
The Olympic fencing tournament was thrown into an incredibly emotional,
dramatic and elongated controversy when a semifinal bout of the women's
individual epee competition was won on a final touch with one second
remaining, and the losing fencer ...
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Olympic fencing: Korean girl falls victim to timing error
New York Daily News
London, July 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Korean fencer who lost a dramatic
Olympic semi-final in controversial circumstances Monday likely fell victim
to human error or malfunctioning timing equipment, the general secretary of
the sport's federation said.
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Women's Fencing Epee Gold Medal Match: Yana Shemyakina Of Ukraine Wins ...
SB Nation
A bizarre scene unfolded in the semifinals of the women's épée fencing
event at the Olympics on Monday as South Korean Shin A Lam sat alone on the
piste -- the elevated surface where competition takes place -- while her
match was under protest. Shin was ...
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Olympics-Fencing-Shemyakina wins gold in women's epee
Reuters
(Adds quotes, background). By Daniel Bases. LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) -
Ukraine's Yana Shemyakina caused an upset by winning gold in the women's
individual epee with a nail-biting 9-8 extra-time victory over defending
champion Britta Heidemann of ...
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US Fencing Market
MarketWatch (press release)
Among fencing materials, plastic and composite lumber is forecast to see
the most rapid growth in demand through 2016. Plastic and composite
materials often resembles natural wood, but has minimal maintenance needs
and has a longer lifespan than ...
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German wins fencing silver amid controversy
Fox News
London, England – Ukraine's Yana Shemyakina won a controversial women's
epee competition Monday at the London Games after an apparent clock error
led to South Korea's Shin A Lam losing a spot in the gold medal match.
Shemyakina won the gold, ...
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Tearful wait for South Korean fencer
Yahoo! Sports
LONDON (AP) -- She could not leave the fencing strip. By rule, that would
have meant accepting defeat at the Olympics. Instead she sobbed in front of
8000 people while referees considered her appeal. Shin A-lam of South Korea
waited like that for an hour ...
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Olympic fencing: Epee gold for Ukraine's Shemyakina
New York Daily News
London, July 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ukrainian fencer Yana Shemyakina won
gold in the individual epee Monday, beating reigning Olympic champion
Britta Heidemann 9-8 in the final, after a competition marked by a dramatic
appeal in the semifinals.
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