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Summary Italy's Elisa Di Francisca won an Olympic gold medal in fencing's individual foil.
Elisa Di Francisca won an Olympic gold medal in fencings individual foil Saturday, beating Arianna Errigo 12-11 in extra time of an all-Italian final.Di Francisca, who was the 2010 world champion, upset top-ranked Nam Hyun-Hee of South Korea by the same score in the semifinals.In the other semifinal, Errigo beat three-time defending champion Valentina Vezzali 15-12, denying her Italian teammate a change to become the first female athlete to win individual gold at four consecutive Olympics.Vezzali won a tense battle for bronze 13-12 against Nam.The 38-year-old Vezzali won gold at every Olympics since 2000. With another gold medal, she would have equaled the record held by three male athletes sailor Paul Elvstrom of Denmark, discus thrower Al Oerter and long jumper Carl Lewis, both of the United States.
