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Wellington Dominion
| 10 months ago
Fencing's world governing body (FIE) have offered South Korean Shin A-lam a special award following her controversial elimination from her Olympic epee semi-final according to Korean Olympic Committee President Park Yong-sung. A day after a weeping...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 10 months ago
The South Korean fencer who staged a tearful hour-long sit-in protest over judging at the Olympics is in line for a special sportsmanship award, her country's top Games official said on Tuesday. Park Yong-Sung, president of South Korea's National...
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China Post
| 10 months ago
Ukraine's Yana Shemyakina caused an upset by winning gold in the women's individual epee with a nail-biting 9-8 extra-time victory over defending champion Britta Heidemann of Germany at the London Olympics on Monday. Twelfth seed Shemyakina, who was...
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Russia Today
| 10 months ago
Russia's Nikolay Kovalev has won a bronze medal in the individual men's sabre at the London Olympics. Never-ending second' incident mars Olympic fencing contest Published: 31 July, 2012, 18:22 South Korea's Shin A Lam reacts after being defeated by...
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Japan Times
| 10 months ago
Instead she sobbed in front of 8,000 people while referees considered her appeal. Shin A Lam of South Korea waited like that for an hour Monday. She had already been ruled the loser in a semifinal epee match with Britta Heidemann of Germany, 6-5, but...
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Taiwan News
| 10 months ago
Alaaeldin Abouelkassem of Egypt became the first African fencer to reach the semifinals of an Olympic competition by defeating world champion Andrea Cassara of Italy 15-10 at the men's individual foil on Tuesday. In the previous round, Abouelkassem...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
Suggested Topics The technical director of the Olympic fencing tournament has rejected the protest by the South Korean team over the incident which left Shin A Lam heart-broken and in tears during an hour-long wait for a verdict at the ExCeL last...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 10 months ago
Olympic fencing officials say they had no choice but to reject an appeal by South Korea following the defeat of Shin A-lam in the semifinals of the Olympic women's individual epee. The South Koreans claimed that Shin's match against Britta Heidemann...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
South Korea's Shin A Lam returned to the fencing piste on Monday after making a one-hour protest against a controversial judge's call that had cost her the chance of a gold medal. Shin was physically escorted off the piste after her team argued...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
The official score showed the female fencer, A Lam Shin, lost 5-6 in overtime to Germany`s Britta Heidemann in the sport`s individual epee discipline. But timing equipment had not been activated toward the end of the semi-final, allowing Heidemann...
