Egyptian fencer Dessouky’s Olympic run ends at quarterfinals

Dessouky had earlier defeated Poland’s Jan Jurkiewicz and Spain’s Carlos Llavador to earn a spot in the quarterfinals. (Ahram)
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PARIS: Egypt’s Mohamed Hamza Dessouky was eliminated from the Olympics Games’ men’s foil competition on Monday after losing 15-9 in the quarterfinals to Italy’s Fillipo Macchi.

Dessouky had earlier defeated Poland’s Jan Jurkiewicz and Spain’s Carlos Llavador to earn a spot in the quarterfinals.

On Monday morning, Egypt’s Abdel-Rahman Tolba was eliminated from the men’s foil.

Tolba fell short in the round of 16 against America’s Nick Atkin with a score of 15-8.