Historical victory, huge surprise in men’s duel

The Asian team, which started in the eighth final and was the only one in the field to win four assists, defeated the defending champion, the first outstanding French in the quarterfinals, and then won the final against the Koreans. Here they also met the Russians, who were surprisingly ranked seventh in the finals, and triumphed along the way.

The Japanese

they won the first Olympic gold medal in their history in fencing,

previously twice, in 2012 in the men’s dagger team competition in London and in 2008 in Beijing, they took second place in the men’s dagger individual fights through Ota Juki.

It was the 17th gold medal of the Japanese delegation, which is already better than the record-breaking 1964 first place, also won in Tokyo.

The bronze medal was won by the South Koreans, who defeated the Chinese in a great battle.

The defending Frenchmen eventually finished fifth, while the five-year-old silver medalist Italians were defeated by the Russians among the top eight.

In Rio, third Hungarians did not win a quota for the duel team competition.

Results, male duelist

eighth final

Japan-United States 45-39

quarterfinals

Japan-France 45-44

Republic of Korea-Switzerland 44-39

China-Ukraine 45-35

Russian Olympic Team Italy 45-34

semi-final

Republic of Japan-Korea 45-38

Russian Olympic Team China 45-38

for 3rd place

Republic of Korea-China 45-42

finals

Japan-Russia Olympic Team 45-36

The podium finishers

1. Japan (Kano Koki, Minobe Kazujasu, Jamada Masaru, Uyama Satoru)

2. Russian Olympic Committee (Sergei Bida, Sergei Hodos, Pavel Sukhov, Nikita Glazkov)

3. Republic of Korea (Kvon Jung Jun, Ma Se Kon, Park Shang Jung, Zhong Ho)

Opening image: MTI / EPA / Reuters pool / Kato Isszei

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