Fencing
France gets gold in team saber
BEIJING (AP) France won the gold medal in men's team saber, defeating a scrappy U.S. team that simply ran out of comebacks.
Julien Pillet, Boris Sanson and Nicolas Lopez won 45-37 over the U.S. team of Keeth Smart, Tim Morehouse and James Williams. The Americans came from behind to win their previous two matches but couldn't dig out of an early 5-1 hole. France coasted to the win.
Smart scored the final touch in two straight come-from-behind 45-44 victories to send the Americans to the gold medal bout. Four years ago, the U.S. missed out on a medal because of back-to-back 45-44 losses.
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Medal Count: Fencing
| Medal Count | ||||
| Fencing | ||||
| G | S | B | Total | |
| AFG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ASA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ANG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Full Medals Table | ||||
