At the World Cup epee stage in Morocco, three Kazakhstani fencers — Kirill Prokhodov, Vadim Sharlaimov and Elmir Alimzhanov — fell one win short of bronze medals. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
Quarterfinals prove decisive for Kazakhstani fencers
The quarterfinal round proved fateful for the Kazakhstani athletes. World and Asian champion Prokhodov lost to Hungary's Györgyi Kovács 7:15. His teammate from the golden epee team, Sharlaimov, fell to Italy's Matteo Galassi 11:15. Alimzhanov lost to another Hungarian, Máté Tamás Koch, 10:15.
Final tournament classification
In the final classification of the tournament, 40-year-old veteran Alimzhanov placed 6th, 19-year-old Prokhodov 7th, and 29-year-old Sharlaimov 8th.
Results of other Kazakhstani epee fencers
Other Kazakhstani epee fencers performed less successfully in Casablanca. Ruslan Kurbanov took 35th place, Alexander Fedotov 70th, Yerlik Sertay 85th, Georgy Tinnikov 100th, Kirill Pavlov 109th, Alexey Kasatkin 127th, Nurzhan Abzhanov 171st, Bogdan Lukin 199th, and Angsar Kasen 251st out of 323 participants.
Women's epee results
The Kazakhstani women epee fencers also failed to impress. The best of them, Irina Bakaldina, finished 41st. Vladislava Andreeva took 136th place, Sofia Nikolaichuk 165th, and Darya Samodelkina 218th out of 283 fencers.
Team events ahead
Tomorrow, team events will be held at the World Cup epee stage in Morocco.