MADRID, 29 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Spanish fencing ended its participation within the Paris Olympic Video games on Monday on the first alternative after Carlos Llavador, within the foil occasion, and Lucía Martín-Portugués, within the sabre occasion, had been unable to get very far.
The Madrid native was the primary to make an look and, though she began because the fourth seed within the draw, she was unable to beat her first match in opposition to the Hungarian Anna Marton, the twenty-ninth favorite, who defeated her comfortably by 15-8. The Spaniard began dominating the scoreboard (5-4), however discovered herself behind earlier than the break (5-8) and was not in a position to put strain on her rival.
Issues went considerably higher for Carlos Llavador, who did beat his first rival to attain the primary victory for Spanish fencing on the Olympic Video games because the bronze medal gained by José Luis Abajo, the present president of the federation, in Beijing 2008.
The Madrid native certified for the spherical of 16 by defeating South Korean Taegyu Ha in a detailed match that was tied till the tip. With the rating at 13-13, the Spanish fencer stored his focus with two knocks to take the win.
Nonetheless, his journey ended within the subsequent spherical the place he got here up in opposition to the third seed, the Egyptian Mohamed Hamza, who escaped him on the scoreboard within the decisive stretch (14-10), key to his defeat (15-12) and his farewell to the French capital.
