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The Ukrainian Olympic medalist won bronze at the World Fencing Championship

The Ukrainian athlete took third place in Israel.

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Ukrainian fencer Ihor Raizlin won the bronze award at the 2022 World Fencing Championship, which is being held in Israel.

In the semi-final match, Raizlin minimally lost to the representative of Japan Kazuyas Minobe (12:13), thereby receiving a bronze medal.

We note that Ihor takes third place at the world championships for the second time in his career. A similar achievement was achieved by the Ukrainian in 2019.

Let us remind you that Raizlin is the bronze medalist of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo in individual epee.

In the semi-final confrontation, the 37-year-old Ukrainian lost to Frenchman Romain Cannon ( 10:15), and in the bronze medal match he beat the Italian Santarelli (15:12). This is the first Olympic medal in the history of Ukraine in men's epee.

Read also: Ukrainian woman won the gold of the European epee fencing championship for the first time in 17 years

Earlier it was reported that Ukraine's fencing team won silver at the World Cup in Russia.

Source: ZN

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