RIO DE JANEIRO -- In a day of fencing upsets, Hungarys Emese Szasz rallied to win the gold medal in womens epee Saturday at the Carioca Arena 3.Szasz, ranked seventh in the world, stunned two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo of Italy 15-13 after trailing by as many as four points -- a remarkable rally for the sport.I believed in myself and my fencing, and I did it, Szasz said.Chinas Yiwen Sun won bronze, beating Lauren Rembi of France 15-13 on a stab with 37 seconds to go.Szaszs win capped an opening day marked by big surprises. Top-ranked Anqi Xu of China, third-ranked Tatiana Logunova of Russia and all three U.S. fencers were eliminated in the round of 32.Second-ranked Sarra Besbes of Tunisia was knocked out in the quarterfinals.Unlike her highly-ranked peers, the fourth-ranked Fiamingo cruised to the semifinals. Fiamingo then fell behind by three points to Sun before a rally with 10 seconds left and a point in extra time put her through to the finals.Szasz beat Rembi 10-6 in the semifinals, setting up a matchup of two of the worlds top fencing powers in the finals.Fiamingo forced the action, pushing her lead to 10-6 early in the second period. But Szasz scored nine of the last 12 points, clinching the win on a simultaneous score.Only then, when I made the last touch, Szasz said when asked when she thought she had taken control of the match.Frances Marie-Florence Candassamy entered the tournament ranked just 49th in the world, but her aggressive fighting style had Xu on her heels.Candassamy took a 10-6 lead after the second period and clinched the blowout victory midway through the third period.Candassamy then got a shot at Nathalie Moellhausen, an Italian fighting for Brazil to honor her Brazilian grandmother. But Moellhausen, backed by the home crowd, drubbed Candassamy 15-12 before losing in the quarterfinals.Ive done something really good for Brazil. Its a new experience for me. Im going to keep fencing, Moellhausen said.Americans Katharine Holmes and sisters Courtney and Kelley Hurley, all ranked outside the top 10, lost their first matches. Courtney Hurley chose to rest up for competition rather than march in Fridays Opening Ceremony, a decision she came to regret.It doesnt matter. I should have just marched and had fun, Hurley said. Everyones hyping it up all year long and youre done in nine minutes.South Koreas Shin A Lam, whose protest following a defeat in the semifinals at the London Games four years ago overshadowed the rest of the epee tournament, was upset by Ukraines Olena Kryvytska 15-14 in the round of 32.---Online:AP Summer Games: http://summergames.ap.org/Womens Football Jerseys . 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Reigning world champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Fernando Alonso says Honda has been invigorated by McLarens recent form, something he believes will help it find the bigger step needed to be a race-winner in 2017.McLaren has scored five top-eight finishes in the last six races, having promised after the summer break to finish the season as best of the rest in terms of pace behind Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari. Ahead of Hondas home race in Japan this weekend, Alonso thinks there are plenty of reasons to be encouraged.We are happy with the progress we made this year and definitely we are able to fight with some competitive teams there, like Force India, Williams, he said. Weve finished four times seventh, after the top teams, in the last five races, so its definitely a step forward and we are enjoying this process of starting to be competitive.But looking at next year I dont think we can see anything that is clearly positive or negative. I think everything will change massively. We need to work and be very focussed on next years car in a way now that is only theoretical, simulators, windtunnel numbers and dyno numbers, etc. I dont think the performance of the actual car is a reference for next year. So thats one thing... We want to be more competitive next year.A big step has been done from last year to next year, but we need another bigger step for next year which is going from the last Q3 spots and some points to fighting for podiums and wins. I think its still possible, we have the potential, we have the facilities, we have talented people. 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They are following their times...Everything made in Japan, only with Japanese people, and its their mission, so Im very proud to be part of this project since day one. And now the results are coming I think they are more motivated and starting to be more creative in terms of design and progress.Alonso also confirmed he will be running the upgraded Honda power unit he took on Friday in Malaysia, before switching back to the old specification in order to avoid taking a penalty at Suzuka. However, the Spaniard said the upgrade was for reliability and has has exactly the same power as the old specification Jenson Button will run.? ' ' '