Vancouver World Cup 2024 Women's Epee Highlights

The second Women's Epee World Cup of Fencing's international season was held in Vancouver on Canada's west coast. Hong Kong's Tsai Kei Lin made it through the top quarter beating Italy's Giulia Rizzi, who'd recently taken silver at the Fujairah World Cup. Korea's Song Sarah faced Laurent Romby of France in the top eight in the second quarter and had to come from behind to force extra time. She held her nerve to make the semi-finals. Estonia's number three seed Nelly Differt came through the third quarter, her toughest match against team-mate Yulia Believa in the 32. Also from Estonia, Katrina Lajis made light work of the bottom quarter. Her route to the semi-finals included victory over Hungary's Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medallist Esther Mahari. Both semi-finals were one-sided affairs. First Song took out Tsai, and then Lajis overcame team-mate Differt. Going into the final, Lajis held a 2-1 head-to-head lead over Song. After a minute of passivity, the Korean, soaking up the pressure, headed to the first break with the lead. Song then extended her lead in the second period, with the match finally poised for the final three minutes. Lajis left it late but began deploying fake attacks to close the gap. Holding the lead and with time on her side, Song soared out to claim the title. So first-time World Cup medallist Differt and Tsai shared the bronze medal position. Lajis completed her set of World Cup medals with silver, as Song collected her third World Cup title.