Paris 2024 Olympics - Fencing - Men's Epee Team Gold Medal Match - Grand Palais, Paris, France - August 02, 2024. Gergely Siklosi of Hungary, Mate Tamas Koch of Hungary, David Nagy of Hungary and Tibor Andrasfi of Hungary celebrate after winning the Gold medal against Team Japan. REUTERS/Albert Gea
PARIS (Reuters) - Hungary did just enough to dethrone Tokyo champions Japan and snatch gold in the men's epee team event at the Paris Games on Friday after cruising through the early rounds.
Scoring first, Gergely Siklosi gave his team a lead that it kept for most of the bout, eventually winning 26-25 against the defending champions.
Japan's Koki Kano, gold medallist in the individual event, was unable to stop a fiery Siklosi who scored the last touch in a nerve-wracking sudden-death bout.
It is Hungary's fourth title in the event, which they hadn't won since the Munich Games in 1972. They won bronze at the Rio Games in 2016.
Czech Republic claimed the bronze medal.
(This story has been refiled to add the dropped word 'event' in the headline)
(Reporting by Juliette Jabkhiro; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
