South Korean fencer Sangyoung Park has won the gold medal in the men’s individual epee, coming from behind to defeat veteran Geza Imre of Hungary.
The first time Olympian fought an impressive battle, tying the game twice early in the bout to keep pace with the 41-year-old Imre.
Fencing’s future stared down a man whose seen it all and never blinked.
Imre needed just one more point to earn the gold medal. Trailing by four points–an insurmountable sum for many nevermind a 20-year-old in his first Olympic competition–Park’s resiliency and tenacity, traits that were present throughout all of his matches, began to take over.
Park scored six points consecutively to win the bout and earn South Korea its first medal in any epee event.