The swordsman won the third award at the world championships and the first for Ukraine in the current tournament.
2020 Olympic Games bronze medalist fencer Igor Reyzlin won the first medal for Ukraine at the 2022 Fencing World Championship, which takes place in Cairo these days.
In the semi-finals, the Ukrainian athlete met reigning Olympic champion in the team and two-time bronze medalist of the Asian Championships in the individual championship Japanese Kazuyasu Minobe.
Rivals finished the main time with an equal mark – 12:12, and the decisive injection was made by the Japanese, who won.
On the way to the semifinals, Reislin defeated Roman Alexandrov from Uzbekistan – 12: 9, Tristan Thulen from the Netherlands – 13:12, Mate Tamas Koch from Hungary – 15:10 and Fon Hoi Sun from Hong Kong – 14 : 13.
This medal is the third for the Ukrainian epee fencer in the world championships. In 2019, he won a team silver and an individual bronze.
At ISPORT you will find the schedule and results of Ukrainian athletes at the 2022 Fencing World Championship.
Source: korrespondent
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