France’s Auriane Mallo-Breton led 8-3 against Kong Man Wai Vivian in the women’s fencing final. Kong made a comeback, tying 12-12 as time expired, then won with a sudden-death hit.
Kong is the first woman from Hong Kong, China to win an Olympic fencing gold and the first from her National Olympic Committee to win gold since 1996. Hungary’s Eszter Muhari won bronze.