Aizanat Murtazaeva of the Russian Olympic Committee, left, and Choi In-jeong of Korea compete in the women's individual epee round of 32 competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 24, in Chiba, Japan. AP-Yonhap Aizanat Murtazaeva of the Russian Olympic Committee, left, and Choi In-jeong of Korea compete in the women's individual epee round of 32 competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 24, in Chiba, Japan. AP-Yonhap A pair of top-10 fencers from South Korea were knocked out of the Olympic competition after their first matches, Saturday. Choi In-jeong, world No. 2 in women's epee, lost to Aizanat Murtazaeva of the Russian Olympic Committee 15-11 in the round of 32 at the Makuhari Messe Hall B in Chiba, east of Tokyo. Also in the round of 32, eighth-ranked Kang Young-mi fell to Nozomi Sato of Japan 15-14. Song Se-ra was the only South Korean to advance to the round of 16 with a 15-12 win over Katharine Holmes of the United States. Choi, who received a bye in the round of 64 as the No. 1 seed here, never led Murtazaeva, who is ranked well outside the top 200. Team Korea claims first gold medal in Tokyo Team Korea claims first gold medal in Tokyo 2021-07-24 22:52 | Tokyo Olympics Multiple-time Olympians seeking to redeem reputation, repeat victory in Tokyo Multiple-time Olympians seeking to redeem reputation, repeat victory in Tokyo 2021-07-24 09:00 | Tokyo Olympics The third-time Olympian blamed the loss on jitters. "I tried not to get rattled, but once I stepped on the piste, nerves got to me," she said. "I wanted to keep positive thoughts in my mind but I think the pressure to win outweighed everything else." Kang was upset by the 42nd-ranked Sato and said she got more nervous than usual. She fell behind 4-1 early and never found her groove. "My plan was to take an early lead, force the opponent to get overly aggressive and then go on counterattacks," Kang said. "I lost a lot of points midway through. Then when I got closer, I was in too much of a rush." Not all is lost for Choi and Kang, who will compete in the epee team event, Tuesday. (Yonhap)

 

Aizanat Murtazaeva of the Russian Olympic Committee, left, and Choi In-jeong of Korea compete in the women's individual epee round of 32 competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 24, in Chiba, Japan. AP-Yonhap

A pair of top-10 fencers from South 토토사이트 were knocked out of the Olympic competition after their first matches, Saturday.

Choi In-jeong, world No. 2 in women's epee, lost to Aizanat Murtazaeva of the Russian Olympic Committee 15-11 in the round of 32 at the Makuhari Messe Hall B in Chiba, east of Tokyo.

Also in the round of 32, eighth-ranked Kang Young-mi fell to Nozomi Sato of Japan 15-14.

Song Se-ra was the only South Korean to advance to the round of 16 with a 15-12 win over Katharine Holmes of the United States.

Choi, who received a bye in the round of 64 as the No. 1 seed here, never led Murtazaeva, who is ranked well outside the top 200.

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The third-time Olympian blamed the loss on jitters.

"I tried not to get rattled, but once I stepped on the piste, nerves got to me," she said. "I wanted to keep positive thoughts in my mind but I think the pressure to win outweighed everything else."

Kang was upset by the 42nd-ranked Sato and said she got more nervous than usual. She fell behind 4-1 early and never found her groove.

"My plan was to take an early lead, force the opponent to get overly aggressive and then go on counterattacks," Kang said. "I lost a lot of points midway through. Then when I got closer, I was in too much of a rush."

Not all is lost for Choi and Kang, who will compete in the epee team event, Tuesday. (Yonhap)