On the first day of team competitions at the Asian Youth (U23) Fencing Championships in Bahrain, Kazakhstani foil fencers and sabre fencers won bronze medals. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
The foil fencers' path
Sofia Aktayeva, Alena Gnoyeva and Alina Iskanderova confidently defeated the Indian foil fencers in the first round of the playoffs – 45:28. In the semifinal against Hong Kong, our girls led 35:33 before the last two bouts. However, they unfortunately lost – 43:45.
The sabre fencers' performance
Kazakhstani sabre fencers Kuanysh Yergashbay, Kainazar Nurkatuły, Beksultan Abzhal and Yerkhan Karaman defeated Macau 45:24 at the start of the team competitions. And here the semifinal became a stumbling block for our fencers. Trailing Saudi Arabia 15:20, the Kazakhstanis found the strength to catch up with their opponents. And two bouts before the finish they moved ahead – 35:32. The ending, unfortunately, went to the Saudis – 45:42.
Overall medal count
As a result, the sabre fencers and foil fencers brought two more bronze medals to Kazakhstan's tally. In total, our team has seven medals in Manama – gold for Kirill Prokhodov, silver for Kaishy Zhanybek and Maria Lesovskaya, as well as four bronzes.
The youth continental championship in the Bahraini capital Manama will last until November 2. Kazakhstani athletes are competing in all types of weapons.