Women's epee team wins Singapore's 7th fencing gold in best SEA Games showing

SINGAPORE: The Singapore women's epee team added another gold medal to the country's haul from fencing at the SEA Games in Cambodia on Tuesday (May 16) as they beat the Philippines 45-37 to retain their title.

The team was made up of Elle Koh, Filzah Hidayah Nor Anuar, Kiria Tikanah and Rebecca Ong, who got the better of Alexa Larrazabal, Andrea Matias, Hanniel Abella and Ivy Dinoy at the Chroy Changvar International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Phnom Penh.

The gold was the seventh for Singapore's fencers at this year's Games, which meant they surpassed their previous best tally of six golds recorded in Hanoi last year.

Koh also won the women's individual epee gold medal last Saturday while Kiria claimed joint-bronze in the event.

Singapore's other fencing gold medallists were: Maxine Wong (women's individual foil), Si To Jian Tong (men's individual epee), Samuel Robson (men's individual foil), Juliet Heng (women's individual sabre) and the women's foil team.

The men's foil team of Robson, Lionel Wee, Max Neo and Zephaniah Kiew on Tuesday missed a chance to add another gold to the tally, losing 45-37 to Vietnam in the final of their event.

With that runner-up finish, Singapore's fencers wrapped up their campaign in Cambodia with a total of seven golds, three silvers and six bronzes.

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