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Palina Kaspiarovich, a member of our national women's sabre fencing team, won a bronze medal at the World Cup stage held in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.
Idman.Biz reports that Palina, who finished the group stage with 5 wins, secured a bronze medal by advancing to the semi-finals in the individual women's sabre competition.
In the playoffs, Kaspiarovich defeated Uzbek representative Samira Shokirova (15:6), Venezuelan sabre fencer Katerina Paredes Torres (15:11), Ukrainian Alina Komashchuk (15:14), and Spaniard Araceli Navarro (15:13) to reach the top eight. Our sabre fencer defeated Anastasia Shorokova, competing under a neutral flag, with a score of 15:10 in the match for reaching the semi-finals and continued the fight in the semi-finals. Palina Kaspiarovich lost to Bulgarian fencer Yoana Iliyeva 6:15 in the final match.
Anna Bashta, who competed in an international tournament for the first time after a long-term injury, stopped fighting in the main stage.
Sabina Karimova and Zarifa Huseynova finished their performance in the qualifying play-off stage.
Tomorrow, our women's sabre fencers will face the US team in the match for reaching the top eight in the team competition.
