The Ukrainian women's team won a team medal at the Fencing World Cup stage in Belgium, Tribuna reports.. com.

The Ukrainian team was represented by Olga Kharlan, Alina Komashchuk, Elena Kravatskaya and Valeria Gnidasheva.

Ukraine started with a victory over Turkey (45:38), after which they defeated the silver medalist of the 2020 Olympics France with a score of 45:44.

In the quarterfinals, the Ukrainians defeated Germany (45:42), and in the semifinals they lost to Italy (43:45). In the match for bronze, the Ukrainian team met with the reigning world champion Hungary and won with a score of 45:41.

This is the first medal for Ukrainian saber fencers in the World Cup team tournament since 2019.

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Earlier, Harlan reacted to the decision of the International Fencing Federation to return Russians and Belarusians to tournaments.