Kazakhstan's epee fencers Kirill Prokhodov, Vadim Sharlaimov, Kirill Pavlov and Alexander Fedotov won gold medals at the World Cup stage in fencing in Casablanca. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.

Road to the podium

On their way to the podium, the Kazakhstan team, world and Asian champions, defeated Turkey 45:20, Hong Kong 45:28 and Egypt 45:40. In the semifinal, our men out-fenced the French masters of the epee 45:39.

In the final, the Kazakhstan team faced Russia, which had previously defeated Uzbekistan (45:41), Switzerland (45:38), Hungary (45:38) and Ukraine (45:29).

The final bout

After three bouts the world champions led 9:7, after six – 27:23. Before the final bout the Kazakhstanis were winning 33:30. Prokhodov put an end to the dispute for the gold of Casablanca, defeating Dmitry Shvelidze 12:10.

45:40 – the Kazakhstan team continues to dominate in team epee. Silver goes to the Russians, bronze was won by the French.

Individual event

On the eve, three of our epee fencers – Prokhodov, Sharlaimov and Elmir Alimzhanov – stopped one step away from bronze medals in the individual event.

Women's team performance

The women's epee team crushed Israel 45:11 in the first round of the team event. And then lost to Italy 35:40. Irina Bakaldina, Vladislava Andreeva, Sofia Andreeva and Darya Samodelkina, who did not shine in the individual event on Saturday, took 12th place in the team event.

Sabre fencers in Algeria

In parallel with the Moroccan stage of the Epee World Cup, sabre fencers competed in the same tournament in Algeria. In the individual event, the Kazakhstanis did not take prize places. In the team event, the men (Artyom Sarkisyan, Nazarbay Sattarkhan and Kuanysh Yergashbay) beat South Korea 45:38 and lost to Japan 33:45. And they took eighth place.

The Japanese eventually became vice-champions, losing to the French in the final by one hit – 44:45. Bronze was won by the Russians.

Results of the girls

Our girls (Aigerim Sarybay, Karina Dospay and Anastasia Gulik) took the final 16th place. In the team tournament, the Kazakh sabre fencers overcame the hosts of the tournament from Algeria 45:44, but lost to France 23:45. The French eventually took bronze. Gold goes to Hungary, silver to China.