The Georgian women’s wheelchair fencing team became the champion of the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing European Championships in the sabre category, the Georgian paralympic committee said on Wednesday.
At the tournament hosted in Poland’s capital city of Warsaw, members of the Georgian team, Olympic athletes Irma Khetsuriani, Nina Tibilashvili and Gvantsa Zadiashvili claimed the gold after winning the final against the Ukrainian team with a score of 45-42. The Georgian fencers also defeated their Italian rivals in the semi-finals by 45-23.
Georgia are women's team sabre European Champions! pic.twitter.com/gmzfQ3iWOI
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The Georgian wheelchair fencer Tibilashvili claimed a silver medal in the individual sabre category yesterday after conceding her final to Polish Kinga Drozdz. She defeated Hungarian Eva Hajmasi in the semi-final with a score of 15-7.