Ukraine wins first gold medal in fencing at 2024 Olympics

Photo: x.com/FIE_fencing

Saturday evening, August 3 Ukrainian sabre athletes Beat South Korea in the final of the 2024 Olympic team event. The women’s team brought the country its first gold medal in Paris.

Olga Karan, Yulia Bakastova and Alina Komashchuk received gold medals. This time Elena Kravatskaya turned out to be a reservist.

The meeting included nine duels. After the first round, the Korean fencing team took the lead (15:13). Bacastova played poorly at the beginning of the second quarter and the gap widened to 6 points, but Karan narrowed the score difference to -2. The two sides remained tied after Bacastova’s third game, but Komashchuk lost another point to the Korean team. Team leader Olga Karan turned the tide in this difficult situation, first tying the score with three consecutive accurate hits, and then won an overwhelming victory.

• On August 3, Ukraine defeated Italy in the quarter-finals of the Olympic team competition. Our team won an overwhelming victory with a score of 37:45.
• In the semifinals, Ukraine defeated Japan 45:32. The opponent won only one of the nine games, while Karan and Komashchuk won all their matches. Yulia Bakastova replaced Krovatskaya in this match and made her debut at the 2024 Olympics.