Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan successfully performed at the Grand Prix in Tunisia.
The Ukrainian started her career in the tournament with a crushing victory over Silva Matuszczak from Poland with a score of 15:6.
In the 1/8 finals, Harlan confidently coped with the representative of Azerbaijan Anna Bashto (15:8), and in the quarterfinals she defeated the Frenchwoman Sarah Balzer with some problems - 15:14.
In the semi-finals of the Grand Prix, the titled Ukrainian lost to Spaniard Lucia Martin-Portugues (14:15). As a result, Harlan won the bronze medal of the competition..
It is worth noting that this is the first individual award for the 32-year-old fencer since January 2020, when she won the Grand Prix in Montreal, Canada..
Olga Kharlan is the Olympic champion in Beijing 2008, as well as silver in Rio 2016, but in team saber. In the individual tournament, she won bronze medals in London 2012 and Rio 2016.. Also, the Ukrainian is a six-time world champion and an eight-time European champion..
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Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian for the first time in history won the world championship in luge among juniors..