On 28 July, individual competitions in men's epee were held. Ruslan Kurbanov took 6th place, having beaten Frenchman Romain CANNONE, the Olympic champion of Tokyo, and lost to Japanese Koki KANO, who became the new Olympic champion.
Earlier at the Olympic Games our fencers did not rise above the 11th place.
On 29 July, Aigerim Sarybay won the first fight in the individual tournament of the Olympics against the representative of Algeria and also lost to the new Olympic champion Manon APITHY-BRUNET of France.
And finally, on 2 August, the men's epee teams competed. Our guys lost to the Hungarian team, which included two world champions, the current 1st and 2nd number of the world rating, with the score 45:30. Today the Hungarians were unstoppable - then with the same score they won against the hosts of the competition - the first number of the world rating of the French team, in the final they overcame the stubborn resistance of the Japanese - 26:25! and became Olympic champions.
The Kazakhs defeated the Egyptian team, lost to Italy and eventually took 6th place, ahead of the first Pan-American and African teams - Venezuela and Egypt.
As we have already mentioned, Kazakhstani fencers competed in the team tournament of the Olympics for the first time, so the 6th place becomes a benchmark.
The Olympic Games are the strongest and most prestigious fencing competition in the world.
It is explained by the fact that the selection for the Olympics in our sport is very strict and only the colour of the world fencing gets here.
For example, at the World Championships and Cups there are 50-60 teams and 250-300 people in individual standings in each weapon, but only 8 teams and 35 people in individual standings in each weapon qualify for the Olympic Games.
The first places in Paris were expectedly taken by the teams of the countries with centuries-old fencing traditions, dominating in the world fencing for decades - Hungary, Japan, France, Italy (the sensation was only the 3rd place of the young Czech team). They have multiple champions of Europe, Asia, the world, Olympic Games.