Even Song Sera, who was aiming for gold, was eliminated from the round of 16, and the women's epee individual exhibition 'Execution'
Jul 27, 2024
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In the round of 16 of the women's epee individual fencing at the 2024 Paris Olympics, held in Grand Palais, Paris, France on the 27th, Song Sera lost 6-15 to Hungary's Ester Mouhouri. Song Se-ra, who was desperate after being eliminated from the round of 16 at the previous Tokyo Games, tried to win the gold medal in this tournament, but failed to advance to the 8th game. Song Se-ra has won individual and team events at the 2022 World Championships.
In the first period, Song Se-ra was dragged away by losing the first two points. He recovered one point and finished the first period with a score of 1-2. Song Se-ra went in pursuit with a bold attack in the second period. However, the waistline was not easy. Chasing to 4-5, he gave the opponent an attack and dragged the second period to 5-7.
the third period of fate. Song Sera allowed two points first, widening the 5-9 margin. He gave up two points again, effectively ending the game. He did his best until the end, but rather allowed more attacks and lost by a large margin.
Song Sera defeated Martina Svatovska of Poland 15-11 in the previous round of 16. In the first game of the day, Song Sera won 7-2 by overwhelming his opponent with a quick attack in the second period, and after maintaining the advantage in the third period, he won smoothly.
After Song Se-ra, Han Kook's female epee was wiped out in the individual competition. Earlier, other South Korean players failed to pass the first round. Kang Young-mi (Seo-gu Office, Gwangju), the oldest member of the women's epee national team born in 1985, lost 13-14 in the round of 32 after a close game against Nelly Dipert (Estonia). Lee Hye-in (Gangwon Provincial Office) failed to advance to the round of 16 by catching up with China's Witshan, the winner of this year's Asian Championship's individual tournament, 13-15.
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