Korean women's epee fencing team eliminated after one match

The South Korean women's epee fencing team, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist, lost its first match at the Rio de Janeiro Games on Thursday.

The trio of Shin A-lam, Choi In-jeong and Kang Young-mi lost to the Estonian team of Erika Kirpu, Irina Embrich and Julia Beljajeva 27-26 at Carioca Arena 3.

Shin and Choi were members of the silver medal-winning team at the 2012 London Olympics, but they played just one match before packing.

Shin, Choi and Kang also failed to win a medal earlier in the individual competition.

The defeat ends South Korea's fencing medal winning streak at two days. Park Sang-young won the men's individual epee gold on Tuesday and Kim Jung-hwan followed it up with bronze in the men's individual sabre Wednesday. (Yonhap)