Estonian women's épée team wins bronze at World Cup event in Morocco

Estonia's women's épée team won the bronze medal in the team event at a World Cup stage in Casablanca, Morocco, on Sunday. The World Cup is a series of international fencing tournaments, and épée is one of the sport's disciplines. Estonia was represented by Katrina Lehis, Julia Beljajeva and Irina Embrich.

The road to the semifinal

In the knockout rounds, the Estonians first defeated Turkey 45:26. They then beat Germany 38:24 and France 45:34. These three wins took them into the semifinal.

Semifinal and the bronze-medal bout

In the semifinal, the Estonian fencers lost to Russian athletes 34:45, which sent them into the third-place match. There they faced the United States. The Estonians were clearly the stronger side and won 45:22.

The trio therefore finished the Casablanca stage on the podium with bronze medals. The source does not say whether the result affects any later tournaments or rankings, so no such conclusions are drawn here.

In team events, each country's squad consists of three fencers who compete in successive bouts. The final score is the sum of all the fencers' hits, and the winner is the team that first reaches the set number of touches. In Casablanca, Estonia's winning scores were 45, 38 and 45 touches in the bouts they won.