S. Korea Down China to Clinch Women's Epee Team Title in Busan

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S. Korea Down China to Clinch Women's Epee Team Title in Busan

The more patient South Korean female epee fencers beat their Chinese counterparts 45-35 to collect the team gold at the Busan Asian Games on Friday evening.

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The more patient South Korean female epee fencers beat their Chinese counterparts 45-35 to collect the team gold at the Busan Asian Games on Friday evening.

This was the last gold for the 12-gold fencing competition in Busan. After the duel, South Korea topped the gold tally with six,followed by China with five, and Kazakhstan one.

The nervous clash witnessed a lackluster start with 0-0 in the first three-minute set in which both world champion Hyun Hee and Shen Weiwei, the individual bronze medalist in Busan, played in defensive form without any attacking.

Since the second set, Chinese girls strengthened their attacks a bit, but the fully prepared South Koreans collected many points in timing counterattacks.

Kim Hee-jeong, the individual gold medalist in Busan, blanked Chinese Zhong Weiping 4-0 in the second set and Kim Mi-jung edged Li Na 5-4 in the third to give South Korea a 9-4 lead.

Zhong Weiping, who was not in good form, lost to experienced Hyun Hee 3-1 in the fourth set, and Shen Weiwei was crushed by KimMi-jung 5-2 in the fifth set.

Li Na won the only set for China in the sixth when she routed Kim Hee-jeong 4-1 and cut the deficit to 18-11. But the point gap was too big to be removed.

Since the seventh set, the Chinese women launched waves of attacks, but instead of scoring, they lost many points and the South Koreans smiled to the end.

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