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Mohamed Hamza made the quarterfinals in the men's foil competition at the Tokyo Games.
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Tokyo Olympics: Tiger Fencers' Run Comes to a Close
July 31, 2021 | General, Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing
With the Egyptian men's foil team's final bout on Sunday, early morning Eastern Time and afternoon in Japan, competition for the last of the four Princeton fencers at the Tokyo Games came to a close.
All four competed with their weapon teams, and three of the Tiger four competed individually. Here's a look back at each of the four Tigers' results from the Games.
Fencing for Egypt, rising junior Mohamed Hamza made the quarterfinals of the individual men's foil tournament, seeded 22nd of the 36 fencers in the draw and knocking off 11th-seeded Marcus Mepstead of Great Britain in the round of 32, 15-13, before getting the last eight touches to rally past sixth-seeded Andrea Cassara of Italy 15-13 in the round of 16. Alexander Choupenitch, the 19th seed from the Czech Republic, ended Hamza's run in the quarters, 15-9. Choupenitch went on to lose in the semifinal to eventual gold medalist Ka Long Cheung of Hong Kong, China, 15-10, before winning the bronze medal over Japan's Takahiro Shikine, 15-8.
In the team event, Hamza and Egypt finished eighth. In a quarterfinal bout against second-seeded and eventual gold medalist France, the seventh-seeded Egyptians fell 45-34, sending Egypt to a classification bout against Italy that the Italians won 45-30. In the seventh-place bout, Egypt met fifth-seeded Hong Kong, China, falling 45-21. Hamza was competing in his second Olympics after taking part in the team competition in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, where Egypt finished seventh.
Katharine Holmes '17 and Anna Van Brummen '17 helped the fifth-seeded U.S. women's épée team finish fifth, bouncing back from a 38-33 quarterfinal loss to fourth-seeded South Korea with a 42-31 win over eighth-seeded Hong Kong, China in a classification bout and a 33-26 win over second-seeded Poland in the fifth-place bout. Holmes competed in all three bouts and Van Brummen, a replacement athlete, competed in the fifth-place bout.
Holmes also competed in the individual event, holding the 18th seed and falling to 15th-seeded Sera Song of South Korea 15-12 in the round of 32. Holmes was also a Rio 2016 Olympian, competing in the round of 32 individually last time around while helping the U.S. finish fifth as a team.
Eliza Stone '13 and the sixth-seeded U.S. women's saber team finished sixth, falling to third-seeded France, 45-30, in the quarterfinals before a 45-35 win over seventh-seeded China in a classification bout and a 45-43 loss to eighth-seeded Japan in the fifth-place bout. In the individual competition, Stone fell 15-9 to Anna Bashta of Azerbaijan in the round of 32.
All four competed with their weapon teams, and three of the Tiger four competed individually. Here's a look back at each of the four Tigers' results from the Games.
Fencing for Egypt, rising junior Mohamed Hamza made the quarterfinals of the individual men's foil tournament, seeded 22nd of the 36 fencers in the draw and knocking off 11th-seeded Marcus Mepstead of Great Britain in the round of 32, 15-13, before getting the last eight touches to rally past sixth-seeded Andrea Cassara of Italy 15-13 in the round of 16. Alexander Choupenitch, the 19th seed from the Czech Republic, ended Hamza's run in the quarters, 15-9. Choupenitch went on to lose in the semifinal to eventual gold medalist Ka Long Cheung of Hong Kong, China, 15-10, before winning the bronze medal over Japan's Takahiro Shikine, 15-8.
In the team event, Hamza and Egypt finished eighth. In a quarterfinal bout against second-seeded and eventual gold medalist France, the seventh-seeded Egyptians fell 45-34, sending Egypt to a classification bout against Italy that the Italians won 45-30. In the seventh-place bout, Egypt met fifth-seeded Hong Kong, China, falling 45-21. Hamza was competing in his second Olympics after taking part in the team competition in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, where Egypt finished seventh.
Katharine Holmes '17 and Anna Van Brummen '17 helped the fifth-seeded U.S. women's épée team finish fifth, bouncing back from a 38-33 quarterfinal loss to fourth-seeded South Korea with a 42-31 win over eighth-seeded Hong Kong, China in a classification bout and a 33-26 win over second-seeded Poland in the fifth-place bout. Holmes competed in all three bouts and Van Brummen, a replacement athlete, competed in the fifth-place bout.
Holmes also competed in the individual event, holding the 18th seed and falling to 15th-seeded Sera Song of South Korea 15-12 in the round of 32. Holmes was also a Rio 2016 Olympian, competing in the round of 32 individually last time around while helping the U.S. finish fifth as a team.
Eliza Stone '13 and the sixth-seeded U.S. women's saber team finished sixth, falling to third-seeded France, 45-30, in the quarterfinals before a 45-35 win over seventh-seeded China in a classification bout and a 45-43 loss to eighth-seeded Japan in the fifth-place bout. In the individual competition, Stone fell 15-9 to Anna Bashta of Azerbaijan in the round of 32.
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