Ukrainian fencers in the teams were left without medals of the World Cup on weekends. Four Ukrainian national teams of fencing took part in the World Cup last weekend. The closest thing to the medals was the team of Ukraine in swordsmanship, which, as part of Anatoly Gerey, Maxim Hvorost, Vladimir Stankevich and Roman Svichkar, finished fourth in the World Cup in Paris. The Ukrainians started the third round straight away and on the way to the semi-final beat Turkey 45: 3, the USA with a score of 43:36, Russia with a score of 28:23, but the Italians, who defeated Ukrainian scapegoats with Account 40:29. In the match for "bronze" our team, which performed without its first number Bogdan Nikishin, lost to Japan 22:26.
In Tunisia took place the triumphant return of Olga Harlan, who won gold in individual competitions, but in the team along with Elena Voronina, Elena Kravatska and Olga Zhovnir finished her performance in seventh place. In the tour of the direct elimination, the Ukrainians began to fight for awards under the fourth number of qualifications. In the 1/8 finals the Ukrainian saber-players won the victory over the hostesses of the tracks, finishing the fight with a score of 45:35, but already at the next stage Harlan, Voronina, Kravatskaya and Zhovnir had difficulties. In 1/4 of the table our fencers met with the Italians. Throughout the battle, the Ukrainian team held the lead, but the outcome of the meeting was decided in the last confrontation of Harlan - Rossella Gregorio. The Italian saber-player dealt 12 hits to the 1st team of the Ukrainian team, while the Ukrainian managed to answer only 4. Gregorio was able not only to equalize, but also to bring Italy to the semi-finals of the World Cup stage, completing a fight with a score of 45:44 in his favor.
Further, the Ukrainian team fought for 5-8 places. First, Harlan, Voronin, Kravatskaya and Zhovnir lost to the Russians with a score of 41:45, and then they got the upper hand over the Mexicans - 45:22. Thus, Ukrainians finished in seventh place in the final standings. Rio de Janeiro hosted the last stage of the Fencing World Cup on swords among women. At this tournament, the national team of Ukraine was represented by five fencers: Julia Swystil, Ksenia Panteleeva, Elena Krivitskaya, Anfisa Pochkalova and Feibi Bezhura. Next, the first number of the national rating of Feibi Bezhur managed to break through. Ukrainka reached the 1/8 finals in the individual competitions, where she lost to the Italian Mara Navarri - 15:13. As for the team championship, our team finished in a step from the podium. Elena Krivitskaya, Feibi Bezhura, Anfisa Pochkalova and Ksenia Panteleeva first did not experience difficulties in the fight with the Canadian spades, defeating their rivals 45:31, after defeating the team of South Korea - 14:13, and in the semi-finals did not cope with the Italians, Losing to them with a score of 18:33. In a bronze duel Ukrainian women confronted the Chinese women. The meeting was on an equal footing, and the outcome of the battle was decided at the very end. In the confrontation of Bezhur - Mina Zhi, the Chinese woman came out who inflicted 10 jabs against 6 from Ukrainian shpazhistki - 40:37. Thus, the national team of Ukraine stopped on the 4th place in the final standings.
And in St. Petersburg hosted the World Cup in fencing on rapiers among men. From Ukraine at this tournament were Dmitry Chuchukalo, Andrei Pogrebnyak, Rostislav Gercik, Ivan Tkachuk and Claude Younes. The only Ukrainians on the direct elimination round were Chuchukalo and Pogrebnyak, who completed their participation in the 1/32 finals.
In the team championship Ukrainians became 7th. First Rostislav Gercik, Dmitry Chuchukalo, Claude Younes and Andrei Pogrebnyak defeated the Hong Kong team with a score of 45:30, but then failed to cope with the Russians - 30:45. In the struggle for the 5-8th place, the Ukrainian fencers first lost to South Korea - 40:45, but after being rehabilitated in a duel with the Poles - 45:30.
Original article: Harlan could not bring the team a medal, in the sword Ukraine twice the fourth.