PLOVDIV, Bulgaria, Jan. 28-30—Azerbaijan’s Anna Bashta and Team France took gold medals at the Women’s Sabre World Cup in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The event, which took place at the Complex SILA, included 136 women’s sabre fencers and 20 teams.
Bashta faced France’s Manon Apithy-Brunet in the final round of the individual event, winning with at 15-10 score. Apithy-Brunet beat her teammate, Malina Vongsavady, in the semifinals, 15-9, and Bashta defeated Italy’s Rossella Gregorio, 15-13.
In the women’s team sabre competition, France defeated Azerbaijan in the final match, 45-39. Azerbaijan won against Bulgaria in the semifinals, 45-32, and France beat Italy, 45-23. Italy went on to take the bronze medal against Bulgaria, 45-29.
Individual women’s sabre rankings included Anna Bashta (AZE, gold), Manon Apithy-Brunet (FRA, silver), Rossella Gregorio (ITA, bronze), Malina Vongsavady (FRA, bronze), Liza Pusztai (HUN), Misaki Emura (JPN), Olga Nikitina (RUS) and Svetlana Sheveleva (RUS).
Rankings for women’s team sabre included France (gold), Azerbaijan (silver), Italy (bronze), Bulgaria, Hungary, Spain, Türkiye and Germany.
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