Wheelchair fencer Irma Khetsuriani wins World Cup gold in Italy
Irma Khetsuriani is Georgia’s first female wheelchair fencer. Photo: Parasport Development Centre of Tbilisi
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Georgian wheelchair fencer Irma Khetsuriani has added yet another gold medal to her collection at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Pisa, Italy.
Khetsuriani scooped her medal yesterday by defeating Lanzhu Ao of China in the Sabre category B final, with a score of 15 to 12.
Photo: Parasport Development Centre of Tbilisi
Khetsuriani is Georgia’s first female wheelchair fencer. She was left wheelchair-bound after suffering from a spinal disease but found her calling when Georgia’s Paralympic Committee suggested she try wheelchair fencing.
While most competitors specialised in one of the three types of fencing weapons – Sabre, Foil and Épée – Khetsuriani competed in all three categories.
Khtsuriani and two other members of the Georgian team, Nina Tibilashvili and Gvantsa Zadishvili, also participating in the event, will compete in Foil category B today.
Photo: Parasport Development Centre of Tbilisi
The 2019 International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing World Cup is held in Pisa on March 21-24.
It hosts wheelchair fencers from around the world, both women and men, competing in epee, sabre and foil in category A and B as well as team events in the epee and foil.
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