Brick by Brick: Women's Fencing Semi-Final: Shin Lam's sit-down protest
Brick by Brick: Women's Fencing Semi-Final: Shin Lam's sit-down protest.
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An animated reconstruction of highlights of the women's épée, which South Korea's Shin Lam thought she had won -- until the clock was reset and Germany's Britta Heidemann triumphed with a do-or-die hit. When the result was announced, Shin, 25, burst into tears, and remained on the piste for over an hour in protest.