Wheelchair fencers Irma Khetsuriani, Nina Tibilashvili secure gold at World Cup
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Wheelchair fencers Irma Khetsuriani and Nina Tibilashvili claimed gold medals at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Poland’s capital Warsaw with victory at the tournament over the last three days.
Khetsuriani defeated Thailand’s Saysunee Jana in the Sabre B category final with a final score 15-8 to take the champion’s title on Saturday.
China’s Xiao Rong and Irina Mishurova of Russia collected the bronze medals for the category.
The two Georgian fencers competed in senior and junior categories of the Warsaw event. Photo: Parasport Development Centre of Tbilisi.
Launched on June 28, the competition concluded for senior athletes on Monday before young paralympic athletes launched their quest for medals in the Under 23 format earlier today.
On the first day of the U23 competition, Tibilashvili overcame her counterpart in a 18-5 win of Women's Sabre A category, claiming another gold for Georgia.
The U23 competition is set to conclude on Friday.
Earlier this year, Khetsuriani and Tibilashvili won three medals including a gold at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup event in Pisa, Italy.
Khetsuriani is also ranked first in Women’s Sabre B category among wheelchair fencers from around the world in the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) official classification.
Georgian wheelchair fencers Irma Khetsuriani and Nina Tibilashvili won three medals including a gold at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup event in Pisa, Italy on Sunday.
Georgian wheelchair fencer Nina Tibilashvili won a bronze medal at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Italy on Sunday after competing in the four-day event alongside compatriot Irma Khetsuriani.
Georgian fencers Sandro Bazadze and Irma Khetsuriani both won gold medals at international competitions in Bulgaria and Canada.
A Georgian female fencer has won silver at the Wheelchair Fencing World Championships in Eger, Hungary.
Georgia’s World Cup-winning wheelchair fencer Irma Khetsuriani collected another gold at the newly launched Wheelchair Fencing World Championships in Rome on Tuesday.
Georgia’s World Cup-winning wheelchair fencer Irma Khetsuriani received gold in the Sabre B category and silver in Foil B category at the competition. Nina Tibilashvili, another member of the Georgian team and a World Cup gold medallist ended with bronze in the Sabre A category.
Georgia’s national paralympic team will make their debut at Winter Paralympic Games in South Korea later this week, with two athletes from the country set to compete in PyeongChang.
Georgia’s wheelchair fencers emerged from last weekend’s World Cup in Montreal, Canada with seven medals and second spot for the country at the tournament.
Georgia's Nina Tibilashvili followed the title-winning efforts of her friend and compatriot Irma Khetsuriani on Wednesday by claiming gold at the Wheelchair Fencing U17/U23 World Championships in Warsaw.