Catantan bows out after robust begin in debut

Italy’s Arianna Errigo competes towards Philippines’ Samantha Kyle Catantan within the ladies’s foil particular person spherical of 32 bout in the course of the Paris Olympics 2024 on the Grand Palais in Paris, on July 28, 2024. (Photograph by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

MANILA, Philippines — Sam Catantan’s debut on the Summer season Video games ended by the hands of No. 1 seed Arianna Errigo of Italy in ladies’s particular person foil on the Paris Olympics on Sunday at Grand Palais in France.

Buoyed by a powerful displaying within the desk of 64, Catantan pushed the World No. 2 Errigo to her restrict, forcing a 3rd spherical, the place she tried to combat again from a 14-10 deficit.

Nevertheless, the Italian Olympic veteran stored her composure to advance to the quarterfinals.

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The primary Filipina fencer to see motion within the Olympic video games fought again from a 0-4 begin, scoring 5 straight factors to take the lead. However Errigo displayed grace underneath stress and led as many as 4 anew,  ending the second spherical with a 13-9 benefit.

Nonetheless, Catantan, who’s world No. 266 and thirty third seed within the occasion, was in a position to make account of herself on the world stage.

Catantan realized her dream Olympic win after beating Brazil’s Mariana Pistoia, 15-13, within the desk of 64.

The 22-year-old Filipino trailed the Brazilian by as many as three factors to start out the match and 6-7 to finish the primary spherical.

However she sizzled within the second spherical and led by 10-8 earlier than Pistoia received her act collectively and earned three straight factors to reclaim the lead, 10-11.

The 2 fought neck-and-neck with Pistoia holding a 13-12 lead however Catantan fought again, scoring three straight factors to finish the match, 15-13, with 59 seconds remaining within the second spherical and advance to the desk of 32.