DOHA, Qatar, Jan. 28-30, 2022—France’s world champion Yannick Borel and Estonia’s Katrina Lehis took individual gold medals at the 2022 Qatar Fencing Epee Grand Prix in Doha. The event, which took place at the Aspire Zone/Aspire Dome sports complex, included 161 men and 120 women competing.
In the final match of individual men’s epee, Borel faced teammate Aymerick Gally, winning with a 15-10 score. Gally beat Italy’s Federico Vismara in the semifinals, 15-6, and Borel defeated Italy’s Davide Di Veroli, 15-9. Of note, French Olympic champion Romain Cannone lost in the quarterfinals to Borel, 15-5, and Hungarian world champion Gergely Siklosi lost against Di Veroli in the round of 16, 15-12.
In women’s individual epee, Lehis won in the final round against teammate Nelli Differt, 15-11. Differt beat another teammate, Erika Kirpu, in the semifinal round, 12-11, and Lehis won against France’s Marie-Florence Candassamy, 15-14. Of note, Candassamy beat Ukrainian Olympic champion Yana Shemyakina in the quarterfinals, 15-9.
Final ranking in men’s epee included Yannick Borel (FRA, gold), Aymerick Gally (FRA, silver), Davide Di Veroli (ITA, bronze), Federico Vismara (ITA, bronze), Igor Reizlin (UKR), Romain Cannone (FRA), Alexandre Bardenet (FRA) and Volodymyr Stankevych (UKR).
Final ranking in women’s epee included Katrina Lehis (EST, gold), Nelli Differt (EST, silver), Marie-Florence Candassamy (FRA, bronze), Erika Kirpu (EST, bronze), Renata Knapik-Miazga (POL), Irina Embrich (EST), Anna Kun (HUN) and Yana Shemyakina (UKR).
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