No medal for fencer despite 75 minute protest

South Korean fencer Shin A Lam left the ExCeL arena without a medal last night, but with the sympathies of everyone in the crowd after one of the biggest controversies fencing has ever seen.

The world number 12 had thought she was through to the final when, to her horror and that of her coach Shim Jaesung, the clock was reset from zero to one second.

The score was 5-5 at the time, but that would have been good enough for the 25-year-old under the rule where one fencer is awarded “priority” when a contest goes into sudden death.