Mona Shaito (LIB) survived a comeback by Shaimaa Elgammal and won 7-6 in overtime to advance to the round of 32 where she will face Elisa DiFrancisca (ITA)
Shaito and Elgammal started the bout slowly, resulting in non-combativity being called and advancing directly to the 2nd period with a 0-0 score.
Elgammal earned the first touch, but Shaito continued to add pressure, scoring on several attacks to put her ahead 5-1 to start the 3rd period.
Shaito’s lead would soon evaporate as Elgammal figured out the length of Mona’s attacks and landed a few counter-attacks as Shaito fell short.
At 5-3 a riposte call for Shaito was reversed to make the score 5-4 instead of 6-3. That led to two more hits against Shaito as Elgammal was ready for the attack.
![Shaito-Replay](https://fencing.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Shaito-Replay-300x150.jpg)
Down 6-5 Mona pushed the attack again, but had the distance and timing correct to hit the low-line attack.
Tied at the end of regulation, 6-6, priority was awarded to Shaito for the one minute overtime. Knowing that she needed to put on pressure to win, Elgammal pushed Shaito back to her side of the piste.
![Shaito-3](https://fencing.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Shaito-3-300x155.jpg)
Shaito was ready as Elgammal stepped in with a large preparation, and landed her attack with 17 seconds left in the overtime period.
Mona Shaito represents Lebanon in these Games but is from Garland, TX and was a 1st team All American for Ohio State in the 2011-2012 season.