Leading 12-7 late in the third period of the women’s individual foil gold medal bout, Russia’s Inna Deriglazova appeared to be well on her way to a first Olympic gold.
But things got far too close for comfort for Deriglazova, as Italy’s Elisa Di Francisca mounted a furious rally to pull within a single point. Luckily for Deriglazova the rally began too late, as she managed to hang on to win by the final score of 12-11. With Di Francisca’s score to pull within one point coming with just over two seconds left in the bout, Deriglazova was able to avoid another attack as time ran out.