Fencers from Ternopil Elena Krivitska - bronze medalist in the World Championship

Ukraine's women team fencing swords as part of Jana Shemyakin, Helen Krivitsky, Xenia Panteleeva and Anfisa Pochkalova won bronze medals on the World Cup fencing. On the way to the World "bronze" Ukrainian girls defeated rivals from Kazakhstan (45-29), Sweden (45-41), Japan (37-36), giving the semi-final second in the world ranking Romanian team (27-24). In the match for 3rd place our team proved stronger than French women (44-42). President of the National Olympic Committee Serhiy Bubka congratulated the athletes, coaching staff and team of the National Fencing Federation, pobazhavshy successful preparation for the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. This was reported in the Ternopil Regional State Administration

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