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Our fencers participated in the World Championship held in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
Idman.biz reports that our women's sabre team took 13th place in the competition.
The team consisting of Leyla Ahmadova, Sabina Karimova and Palina Kaspiarovich won the first match against the Singapore team with a score of 45:33. Our team lost to the US team with a score of 26:45 in the match for the top eight.
In the matches for 9-16th places, our team lost to the Egyptian sabre fencers with a score of 37:45, and won against the Hong Kong (45:39) and Ukrainian (45:44) national teams.
In the individual competition of women sabre fencers, Palina Kaspiarovich and Sabina Karimova passed the group stage and reached the top 64, but lost in the matches for the top 32. Leyla Ahmadova stopped the fight in the group stage.
Our men's sabre team consisting of Saleh Mammadov, Murad Akbarov, Magsud Huseynli and Abbas Huseynov lost to their French rivals with a score of 19:45.
In the individual competition of men's sabre fencers, Magsud Huseynli, Murad Akbarov and Saleh Mammadov lost in the play-offs. Abbas Huseynov could not pass the group stage.
In the individual competition of men's epee fencers, Ruslan Hasanov successfully passed the group stage, but lost in the play-off match for reaching the top 64.
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