Ukraine's women's fencing team wins historic silver at Fencing World Cup
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Sun, 24 Nov 2024 21:24:18 +0200
Ukraines womens fencing team has won silver medals in the foil category at the World Cup stage in Tunisia.
Source Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravdas holding company Details In the final, the Ukrainian team consisting of Daria Myroniuk, Alina Poloziuk, Olha Sopit and Kateryna Budenko lost to the Japanese team, who previously secured bronze at the 2024 Olympic Games.
The match ended with a score of 2224.
During the bout, the Ukrainians were trailing by eight points, but in the final rounds, Alina Poloziuk and Kateryna Budenko managed to close the gap and reignite the intrigue.
On their way to the final, Olha Leleikos team defeated Hungary in the round of 16.
In the quarterfinals, they sensationally eliminated the worlds topranked team and reigning world champions, Italy, with a score of 4543.
In the semifinals, they secured a hardfought victory over France 4139.
Notably, this was the firstever World Cup final in history for Ukraines womens foil fencing team.
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