[Japan Fencing Association] [2024 Paris Olympics_Fencing] First ever! Won the long-awaited gold medal in the men’s foil team!
*Japan Fencing Association*
Press release: August 5, 2024
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[2024 Paris Olympics_Fencing] First ever! Won the long-awaited gold medal in the men’s foil team!
*This is the first great achievement in 12 years since winning the silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics (Yuki Ota/current IOC member)! *
* Sunday, August 4, 2024 local time, Men’s Foil Japan Team (Kyosuke Matsuyama/Kyosuke Matsuyama, Kazuki Iimura/Kazuki Iimura, Takahiro Shikine/Shikine
Takahiro and Yudai Nagano won the gold medal! *
Japan’s men’s foil team: Gold medal winner From left: Takahiro Shikine, Kyosuke Matsuyama, Yudai Nagano, Kazuki Iimura
From left: Takahiro Shikine, Yudai Nagano, Kyosuke Matsuyama, Kazuki Iimura * The Japanese men’s team that entered this tournament ranked first in the world was (Kyosuke Matsuyama/JTB Corporation), Kazuki Iimura/Keio University), and Takahiro Shikine/NEXUS FENCING.
CLUB), Yudai Nagano/NEXUS FENCING CLUB). *
From left: Takahiro Shikine, Yudai Nagano, Kyosuke Matsuyama, Kazuki Iimura *
They defeated Canada 45-26 in the quarterfinals, France 45-37 in the semifinals, and defeated world No. 2 Italy 45-36 in the final, winning their first gold medal������⚔*
Winning the long-awaited gold medal: Athletes embracing
Award ceremony: From left_Italian team, Japan team, France team Foil Japan National Team wins gold medal: All players and coaching staff * 【comment】*
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Kyosuke Matsuyama: I am very happy to have won the first gold medal in the history of men’s foil! For a long time, I felt frustrated both as an individual and as a team, so I’m glad that I was rewarded today! We will continue to work hard to become a team that can continue to win for many years to come! *
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Kazuki Iimura: Thank you for your support! It still feels like a dream! Thanks to the support of our coaches and everyone who has supported us, we were able to reach a place that we could not have reached on our own. I would be happy if I could use this gold medal as an opportunity to support the dreams of those who supported me! * *
Takahiro Shikine: I’m happy to be able to get revenge for the Tokyo Olympics and the individual competition at this tournament! I’m also happy that I was able to fulfill my dream of winning a gold medal at the Olympics! Next time, I will do my best to aim for an individual gold medal, which I have not achieved yet! Thank you so much to everyone who supported us until late at night in Japan, and to everyone who supported us locally! *
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Yudai Nagano: It was an honor to witness the first gold medal in the history of men’s foil. I think I was able to show what I have been working hard on in the match. I will do my best to become stronger for the next match. Thank you for your support until late. *
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