Urgent: Hungary’s Szilagyi captures 3rd Olympic men’s sabre individual crown

TOKYO, July 24– Aron Szilagyi of Hungary completed a hat-trick of the Olympic men’s sabre individual title with a dominant 15-7 victory over Luigi Samele of Italy at the Tokyo Olympics here on Saturday. The Hungarian, a winner at London 2012 and Rio 2016, was in superb form throughout the final and wrapped up a convincing victory before saluting his supporters.

TOKYO, July 24 (Xinhua) — Aron Szilagyi of Hungary completed a hat-trick of the Olympic men’s sabre individual title with a dominant 15-7 victory over Luigi Samele of Italy at the Tokyo Olympics here on Saturday.

The Hungarian, a winner at London 2012 and Rio 2016, was in superb form throughout the final and wrapped up a convincing victory before saluting his supporters.

South Korea’s Kim Junghwan won the bronze medal. Enditem