Fencing: Japan wins bronze in women's team sabre at worlds

The Japanese women's sabre team secured its first podium finish at the world championships on Saturday after edging Spain 45-43 in the bronze medal match.Japan, featuring individual gold medalist Misaki Emura, beat the United States in the quarterfinals before losing to France 45-43 in the semifinals. Hungary beat France in the final.Shihomi Fukushima, Kanae Kobayashi and Seri Ozaki formed the four-member team for Japan alongside Emura."Our aim was the gold medal. We lost in the semifinals but I felt we are good enough to be No. 1 in the world," said Emura, who lost the decisive final ninth…READ FULL ARTICLE