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Fencer refuses to leave piste

South Korea's Shin A Lam refused to leave the piste after losing her semi-final match against Germany's Britta Heideman. She was later led away after her loss was confirmed on appeal. She then returned and also lost her bronze medal contest.

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Lam led off after accepting fencing semi-final defeat

South Korea's Shin A Lam Credit: Reuters

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.

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