Women’s national team of Ukraine on fencing on sabers won the silver medal at the summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
After victories over South Korea and Italy last barrier Ukrainians on the path to gold is a powerful Russian team headed by Olympic champion Rio in personal sword Yana, egorian and leader of the world rankings with Sophia the great.
Favoritism Russia began to emerge from the first shots – Great, and Gavrilova, egorian quickly organized themselves a comfortable eight points. All attempts Harlan, Cravache and Comasec back in the game firmly suppressed opponents.
The coaching staff of the Ukrainian team tried to reverse the course of the finals due to the replacement of Crevacol on Voronin, but Elena lost her fight. The Russians by the time lost by 11 shots, and the last battle and the Great Harlan came out with the advantage of the latest in 12 points. It was obvious that the destiny of the ending has already been decided – victory for Russia with a score of 45:30.
Ukrainian sablistka put the medal to the Treasury of the country’s fourth Olympic medal. Earlier Sergey Kulish became the second in the shooting, Oleg Vernaeve won the silver medal in the gymnastics all-around, and Olga Harlan won the bronze medal in the individual tournament fencing sabre.
