In the final, the blue-yellow team lost to the French.
The Ukrainian national saber fencing team won a silver medal at the World Cup in Athens (Greece).
Olga Kharlan, Alina Komashchuk, Yulia Bakastova and Elena Kravatskaya rose to the second line of the podium.
On the way to the final of the team tournament, the Ukrainians defeated the team of China (45:30), Hungary (45:31) ) and Bulgaria (45:34).
In the decisive match for gold, the Ukrainian team lost to the French (30:45).
Our fencers came to the award ceremony with black armbands as a sign of mourning for those killed when a Russian drone hit a high-rise building in Odessa.
Note that this is Ukraine’s second medal at the Fencing World Cup in Athens. Previously, Olga Kharlanwon “bronze” in the individual tournament.
