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Tunisia\u2019s Fares Ferjani missed out on becoming Africa\u2019s first gold medallist at the Paris 2024 Olympics after defeat in the final of the men\u2019s individual sabre.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 27-year-old had to settle for silver after being beaten 15-11 by South Korea\u2019s Oh Sanguk at the Grand Palais in the French capital.<\/p>\n
Ferjani, seeded 13th, had seen off the world number one Ziad Elsissy in the semi-finals but could not produce another upset against Oh.<\/p>\n
The Tunisian, who was born in Tunis but is now based in New York, had finished 22nd at Tokyo 2020 and 25th at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.<\/p>\n
His best previous result on the senior world stage in individual sabre competition was an 8th-placed ranking at the World Championships in Wuxi, China, in 2018.<\/p>\n
Ferjani\u2019s success gave Tunisia its 16th Olympic medal (five golds, four silvers and seven bronzes) since first competing as an independent nation in Rome in 1960.<\/p>\n
Tunisia has sent its smallest delegation to the Olympics for two decades, with 26 athletes qualifying for Paris compared the team of 63 for Tokyo.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, there was more disappointment for top seed Elsissy as the Egyptian was beaten to bronze by Luigi Samele, with the Italian winning 15-12 in their meeting.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old will have another chance to pick up a medal when Egypt begin their team sabre campaign on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n