Olympic Fencing 2016: Medal Winners and Scores After Saturday's Results
Hungarian Emese Szasz took gold in the women's individual epee fencing event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, beating Italy's Rossella Fiamingo 15-13 in the final.
Meanwhile, China's Yiwen Sun took the bronze medal after beating French competitor Lauren Rembi in a close encounter.
The FIE confirmed the final medal picture:
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The highlight of the earlier rounds was provided by Japan's Nozomi Sato, who upset two of the fancied participants, most notably beating defending Olympic champion Yana Shemyakina of Ukraine.
Here are the full results from Saturday's events:
| Event | Match | Score |
| Women's Epee Individual Gold Medal Bout | Rossella Fiamingo (ITA) vs. Emese Szasz (HUN) | 13-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Bronze Medal Bout | Lauren Rembi (FRA) vs. Yiwen Sun (CHN) | 13-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Semifinal 2 | Lauren Rembi (FRA) vs. Emese Szasz (HUN) | 6-10 |
| Women's Epee Individual Semifinal 1 | Yiwen Sun (CHN) vs. Rossella Fiamingo (ITA) | 11-12 |
| Women's Epee Individual Quarterfinal 4 | Lauren Rembi (FRA) vs. Nathalie Moellhausen (BRA) | 15-12 |
| Women's Epee Individual Quarterfinal 3 | Nozomi Sato (JPN) vs. Emese Szasz (HUN) | 4-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Quarterfinal 2 | Injeong Choi (KOR) vs. Rossella Fiamingo (ITA) | 8-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Quarterfinal 1 | Sarra Besbes (TUN) vs. Yiwen Sun (CHN) | 11-14 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 64 | Rayssa Costa (BRA) vs. Tiffany Geroudet (SUI) | 15-13 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 64 | Thi Nhu Hoa Nguyen (VIE) vs. Auriane Mallo (FRA) | 7-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 64 | Alejandra Teran (MEX) vs. Nozomi Sato (JPN) | 12-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 64 | Marie-Florence Candassamy (FRA) vs. Amanda Simeao (BRA) | 15-6 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 64 | Leonora Mackinnon (CAN) vs. Simona Pop (ROU) | 15-10 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 32 | Sarra Besbes (TUN) vs. Rayssa Costa (BRA) | 15-8 |
| Women's Epee Individual Tabel of 32 | Ana Maria Popescu (ROU) vs. Auriane Mallo (FRA) | 15-8 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 32 | Tatiana Logunova (RUS) vs. Nozomi Sato (JPN) | 14-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 32 | Simona Gherman (ROU) vs. Lauren Rembi (FRA) | 10-13 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 32 | Katharine Holmes (USA) vs. Erika Kirpu (EST) | 4-5 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 32 | Injeong Choi (KOR) vs. Violetta Kolobova (RUS) | 15-12 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 32 | Yana Shemyakina (UKR) vs. Courtney Hurley (USA) | 14-13 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 32 | Olena Kryvytska (UKR) vs. Shin A-Lam (KOR) | 15-14 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 32 | Kseniya Pantelyeyeva (UKR) vs. Irina Embrich (EST) | 3-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 32 | Vivian Kong Man-wai (HKG) vs. Lyubov Shutova (RUS) | 15-10 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 32 | Yujie Sun (CHN) vs. Kang Young-mi (KOR) | 10-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 32 | Kelley Hurley (USA) vs. Nathalie Moellhausen (BRA) | 12-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 32 | Gbahi Gwladys Sakoa (CIV) vs. Yiwen Sun (CHN) | 11-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 32 | Leonora Mackinnon (CAN) vs. Rossella Fiamingo (ITA) | 8-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 32 | Julia Beljajeva (EST) vs. Emese Szasz (HUN) | 11-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 32 | Marie-Florence Candassamy (FRA) vs. Anqi Xu (CHN) | 15-8 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 16 | Erika Kirpu (EST) vs. Sarra Besbes (TUN) | 11-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 16 | Injeong Choi (KOR) vs. Ana Maria Popescu (ROU) | 15-8 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 16 | Nozomi Sato (JPN) vs. Yana Shemyakina (UKR) | 11-8 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 16 | Lauren Rembi (FRA) vs. Olena Kryvytska (UKR) | 9-7 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 16 | Irina Embrich (EST) vs. Yiwen Sun | 12-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 16 | Vivian Kong Man-wai (HKG) vs. Rossella Fiamingo (ITA) | 11-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 16 | Kang Young-mi (KOR) vs. Emese Szasz (HUN) | 11-15 |
| Women's Epee Individual Table of 16 | Marie-Florence Candassamy (FRA) vs. Nathalie Moellhausen (BRA) | 12-15 |
Recap
Sato sprung a pair of notable surprises. The first came in the round of 32 against Russia's Tatyana Logunova, but her performance in the next round was even more impressive, as Sato soon saw off defending the Olympic champion.
Yet her run emphatically came to an end at the quarterfinal stage, where Szasz won by 11 points. A top-10 performer in the FIE, Szasz ended the opening period in a commanding position, and Sato couldn't recover.
However, things didn't go as well on the piste for American pair Courtney and Kelley Hurley. Both were beaten in the round of 32, with Courtney falling to Shemyakina. The latter went on the attack during the third period after trailing by two touches.
Nathalie Moellhausen of host nation Brazil sent Kelley Hurley packing. The American's debut in the individual event didn't go to plan, as she routinely found herself picked off by a more assured and experienced opponent.
One round later, Moellhausen faced a tougher challenge in the form of France's Marie-Florence Candassamy. The FIE's official Twitter account aptly described the encounter that put the Brazilian into the last eight:
China's Sun was pushed into overtime by Tunisia's Sarra Besbes in their tense quarterfinal but kept her focus to survive the extra period and progress. She couldn't beat Fiamingo in a semifinal that went into overtime but did earn the consolation of a bronze medal after some deft defensive work and quick strikes caught the attack-minded Rembi off-guard.
Fiamingo built a seemingly unassailable 10-6 lead over Szasz in the final. Yet a brave comeback from the Hungarian made things close, with the score tied 12-12 at one point, before Szasz managed to move two clear and hold on for the win.
Claiming silver may not prove to be much consolation for Rossella after she lost from such a strong position, although it's Italy's first medal at the 2016 Games. However, the plaudits rightfully go to Szasz after the way she turned things around.
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