WUXI, China, April 13, 2025 – Canada’s Julia Yin and Egypt’s Mahmoud Elsayed won gold medals in junior women’s and men’s individual epee on the seventh day of the 2025 Wuxi, China Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. The 9-day, 18-event competition is being held at the Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center, and today’s events included 173 women and 216 men competing.
Yin faced Hungary’s Blanka Virag Nagy in the final bout of junior women’s individual epee, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Nagy won against Poland’s Oliwia Tercjak, 15-8, while Yin defeated Japan’s Rin Kishimoto, 15-5.
“Sometimes when I get on the strip, I’m not ready right away”, said Yin. “But I get over the challenge and win. Before I got here, my goal was top eight, but after I got here I felt like I could get first and I did!”
Elsayed faced Italy’s Matteo Galassi in the final bout of junior men’s individual epee, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Galassi won against Nikita Gorin (AIN), 15-12, while Elsayed defeated Ukraine’s Maksym Perchuk, 15-9.
“I’m so happy”, said Elsayed. “It was a really long day, but I’ve been working really hard for it and I’m very proud. I was down but I came back and I did it!”
Final rankings in junior women’s individual epee included Julia Yin (CAN, gold), Blanka Virag Nagy (HUN, silver), Oliwia Tercjak (POL, bronze), Rin Kishimoto (JPN, bronze), Allegra Cristofoletto (ITA), Victoria Velislavova (BUL), Anastasiia Rustamova (AIN) and Soyeon Kim (KOR).
Final rankings in junior men’s individual epee included Mahmoud Elsayed (EGY, gold), Matteo Galassi (ITA, silver), Maksym Perchuk (UKR, bronze), Nikita Gorin (AIN), Kruz Schembri (ISV), Nathaniel Wimmer (USA), Nicholas Zhang (CAN) and Domonkos Pelle (HUN).
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