Kharlan wins the gold!

It was tit for tat stuff for the first 14 hits with Kharlan holding a slender 8-6 advantage at the break.Kharlan was ablt to extend the lead to three hits, but was pegged back to 10 apiece. Kharlan then stepped up a gear to lead Vecchi 14-10 before the Italian was able to reply with 4 hits of her own to tie it up. The Olympic team gold medallist from Beijing then finally landed a final attack just ahead of her opponent and the video confirmed Kharlan as Junior World Champion.