Fencing: Japan's Misaki Emura wins women's sabre at world championships

Japan's Misaki Emura took gold in the individual women's sabre Wednesday at the world championships in Cairo, beating Azerbaijan's world No. 1 Anna Bashta 15-10 in the final.The 23-year-old Tokyo Olympian is the first Japanese athlete to reach the podium in individual sabre at a world championships or Olympics, according to the Japan Fencing Federation.She became Japan's second fencing world champion, following Yuki Ota's 2015 men's foil victory."I never thought I would stand on the final piste," said Emura, referring to the strip where fencing matches are played. "It feels like a dream.""I…READ FULL ARTICLE