Fencer refuses to leave piste

After a 45 minutes wait on the piste to contest the result of her semi-final bout, South Korea's Shin A Lam was finally escorted out of the hall.

South Korea's Shin A Lam has lost her bronze medal bout 11 points to 15 to China's Sun Yujie.

South Korea's Shin A Lam has scored the first hit after returning to the stage to rapturous applause for the bronze medal bout against China's Sun Yujie.

She had contested her semi-final loss for more than an hour and had refused to the leave the piste.

South Korea's Shin A Lam has been led out of the hall after refusing to leave for more than 45 minutes in a complaint about losing her women's epee individual semi-final fencing to Germany's Britta Heidemann.

There are questions over the timings used in the match.

South Korea's Shin A Lam has refused to leave the stage after losing her semi-final match against Germany's Britta Heidemann. She has now been waiting for almost an hour after the end of her fight.

An announcement at the venue has said that the South Korean officials have had to lay down a sum of money to make a complaint - which has now been done and it seems that a complaint is being investigated.