Hungary's Szilagyi wins Olympic gold in saber
Jul. 29 2:48 PM EDT
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Italy's Diego Occhiuzzi reacts after defeating Italy's Aldo Montano during the men's individual sabre round of 16 fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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Italy's Aldo Montano reacts after defeating Belarus' Valery Pryiemka during the men's individual sabre round of 32 fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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China's Man Zhong and South Korea's Kim Jung-hwan compete during the men's individual sabre round of 16 fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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China's Man Zhong reacts after defeating South Korea's Kim Jung-hwan during the men's individual sabre round of 32 fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Russia's Nikolay Kovalev reacts after defeating Germany's Nicolas Limbach during the quarterfinals of the men's fencing individual sabre at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Germany's Nicolas Limbach, right, and Poland's Adam Skrodzki compete during the men's individual sabre round of 32 fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
LONDON (AP) — Aron Szilagyi of Hungary won the Olympic gold medal in the men's individual saber, beating Diego Occhiuzzi of Italy 15-8 after the top four seeds all stumbled out before the semifinals.
It was the second medal at a major competition for the 22-year-old Szilagyi, who beat defending champion Man Zhong of China on his way to the final. Szilagyi won bronze at the 2011 European Championship in Sheffield.
Nikolay Kovalev of Russia defeated Rares Dumitrescu of Romania 15-10 for the bronze.
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