Around the Piste: Men's individual epee competition

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Round of 64

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The home country sent three fencers to the piste to start the day. Guilherme Melaragno jumped out to an early 6-4 lead over China's Yunlong Jiao, a surprise for many reasons but none more so than the fact that Jiao is ranked 55th in the world while Melaragno is 111th. Midway through the third, Melaragno had maintained his two point advantage but Jiao was able to tie it up with a minute remaining in regulation. Jiao went on to secure the winning touch with 9 seconds remaining.

Fellow Brazilians Nicolas Ferreira lost his bout 9-15 while Athos Schwantes moved on to the Round of 32.