OLYMPICS/ Japan wins historic gold in men’s foil team event at Paris サッカーイラン代表 対 サッカー日本代表 統計情報Games

REUTERS

August 5, 2024 at 08:10 JST

• Share
• Tweet list

• Print

Kyosuke Matsuyama of Japan, Kazuki Iimura of Japan, Takahiro Shikine of Japan and Yudai Nagano of Japan celebrate after winning the gold medal in men's team foil at Grand Palais, Paris on Aug. 4. (REUTERS)

PARIS--Japan won the Olympic men's foil team title for the first time, beating Italy in a thrilling bout at the Paris Games on Sunday, while France took the bronze to break the country's Olympic medals post-war record.

Takahiro Shikine opened the scoring against Italy's Tommaso Marini and Kazuki Iimura, who finished fourth in the individual event on Monday, delivered the final touches in a 45-36 win.

"We still can't believe it, it means a lot," Japan's Kyosuke Matsuyama told reporters.

"I hope many Japanese can get a gold medal in fencing in future Olympics. We were focused in every moment, in every match."

The bout was tight, with Japan leading at first, then Italy, until Iimura scored seven decisive touches against Filippo Macchi, silver medalist in the individual event.

Then substitute Yudai Nagano who fenced a flawless round, scored five touches against Italy's Alessio Foconi to give Japan a comfortable lead of six touches.

It was Japan's fifth fencing medal overall and their second gold in Paris, putting them at the top of the medal table for the discipline, after Koki Kano won the individual title in the men's epee on Thursday.

They won the silver medal in the same event at the London Games in 2012 and have now won eight medals overall in Olympic fencing.

Japan's foil coaches, Frenchmen Erwann Le Pechoux and Franck Boidin, said earlier in the day that the country had a successful strategy to foster fencing talents, bringing in expertise from abroad in recent years.

"Honestly I don't realize yet what the boys have done, I was proud and happy to see them win, but I don't yet fully realize what they've achieved," Le Pechoux told reporters.

Japan cruised through the quarter-finals, beating Canada 45-26, and went on to eliminate local favorites France 45-37 in the semi-finals.

France had qualified for the semi-finals in a dramatic 45-35 win, after the bout was brought to a standstill for a while as China's Mo Ziwei sustained a shock that doctors worried might be a concussion.

After their loss to Japan, France went on to win the bronze medal bout against the United States. Lead at first, Enzo Lefort turned the tide, scoring eight touches against Nick Itkin, bronze medalist in the individual event.

The medal was France's 44th in Paris, topping the 43 the country won at the Beijing Games in 2008. France took more medals at the 1900 Paris Olympics, but only 27 countries and a fraction of the number of athletes participated compared with recent Games.

"It's not the medal of only four guys. It's the medal of all a population," Lefort told reporters.

"We're happy. We have done our job, and we'll be able to join the party."

• ·自己肯定感ゼロの女子と呪いに苦しむ男子を描く、ピュアで切ないラブ＆ホラー新連載
• ·TVアニメ「神椿市建設中。」監督・シリーズ構成は柿本広大、制作はSMDE　PVも公開（動画あり）
• ·OLYMPICS/ Tears at dinner motivated men’s gymnastics team to rally for gold
• ·OLYMPICS/ Scheffler wins gold in men’s golf, Matsuyama gets bronze
• ·北海道を舞台にゆるゆると生き方を考える、ながらりょうこ「北国ゆらゆら紀行」1巻
• ·OLYMPICS/ Fencing, Japan make breakthrough in Paris, mixed Games for hosts
• ·オレを本当に好きなのは誰？青山剛昌も推薦のラブコメサスペンス「恋喰少女」1巻
• ·【WEリーグ】パリ五輪代表DF北川ひかるがINAC神戸を退団　海外移籍の準備のため
• ·「第2回新潟国際アニメーション映画祭」の作品を楽しめる特集上映、東京で開催
• ·スクエニの書店フェア・コミッパ開催中、「黄泉のツガイ」「まほあく」のしおりもらえる
• ·「オタクに優しいギャルに私はなる！」2巻、アクリルジオラマが10人に当たる
• ·入手難度爆高のダンジョン食材で料理配信するVtuber、一体何者と話題沸騰の新連載（試し読みあり）
• ·生まれ変わったら清く正しく生きる、そう誓った悪役令嬢が現代日本の中年男性に転生
• ·Hakodate set to host world molkky pin
• ·バルセロナMFオリオール・ロメウ、出場機会求め古巣ジローナに１年間の期限付き移籍で復帰
• ·「五等分の花嫁＊」松岡禎丞ら登壇の舞台挨拶、映画「五等分の花嫁」の再上映が決定