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Published: 16 August, 2008, 16:58
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In Beijing, Russia has crushed the United States 28-11 in the final of the women's team saber event to win the gold medal.Victoria Nikichina, Evgenia Lamonova, Svetlana Boyko and Aida Shanaeva gained Russia’s fifth gold

The Olympic bronze medal went to Italy after it beat Hungary 32-23.

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