Fencing: Distraught South Korean Shin Lam says 'I should have won' following clock controversy at London 2012

Shanghai : China | Jul 31, 2012 at 3:42 AM PDT

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If there was a gold medal for most tears shed at these Olympics then Korean fencer Shin A Lam would have woken up with it alongside her this morning...For one fleeting moment Shin thought she was through to the final of the individual epee by beating 2008 champion Britta Heidemann. FULL ARTICLE AT The independent

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