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British pair make modest starts
13:45, Aug 11 2012
Nick Woodbridge and Sam Weale both finished with 17 wins from 35 fencing bouts as they got their Olympic modern pentathlon campaigns under way at the Copper Box.
In this most unpredictable of sports, both British athletes began with hopes of a medal but 808 points was a little below par for Woodbridge in particular.
The world number nine was on top form to start with, winning his first five bouts and at one stage topping the leaderboard, but he tailed off and finished in joint 13th.
The format in pentathlon involves each of the 36 men fighting each other in one-minute bouts, with one hit enough for victory.
Weale's morning progressed in the opposite way to his team-mate's, with the 30-year-old losing seven of his first nine bouts but recovering to finish in the top half of the field.
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