FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates, April 27-28, 2024 – The Asia-Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament has finished in Fujairah, UAE, resulting in the qualification of six men and women in epee, foil and sabre for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The winner of each individual event qualifies to compete in Paris 2024. The tournament took place at the Zayed Sports Complex.
Women’s Epee. Singapore’s Kiria Tikanah Abdul Rahman won the women’s individual epee event, with 16 fencers competing. Abdul Rahman faced India’s Taniksha Khatri in the final bout, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Khatri won against Uzbekistan’s Dilnaz Murzataeva, 15-11, while Abdul Rahman defeated Mongolia’s Amarzaya Batsaikhan, 15-13.
Men’s Epee. Hong Kong, China’s Wai Hang Ho won the men’s individual epee event, with 24 fencers competing. Ho faced Uzbekistan’s Javokhirbek Nurmatov in the final bout, winning with a 9-8 score. In the semifinal round, Nurmatov won against Vietnam’s Phuoc Den Nguyen, 11-10, while Ho defeated Iran’s Mohammad Esmaeili, 15-14.
Women’s Foil. The Philippines’ Samantha Kyle Catantan won the women’s individual foil event, with 14 fencers competing. Catantan faced Kazakhstan’s Sofiya Aktayeva, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Aktayeva won against Thailand’s Chayanutphat Shinnakerdchoke, 15-14, while Catantan defeated Korea’s Sena Hong, 15-3.
Men’s Foil. Chinese Taipei’s Yi-Tung Chen on the men’s individual foil event, with 16 fencers competing. Chen faced Singapore’s Samuel Elijah Robson in the final bout, winning with a 15-4 score. In the semifinal round, Robson won against Kazakhstan’s Galim Nurumov, 15-13, while Chen defeated Uzbekistan’s Mukhammad Yusuf Asranov, 15-10.
Women’s Sabre. Kazakhstan’s Aigerim Sarybay won the women’s individual sabre event, with 10 fencers competing. Sarybay faced Hong Kong, China’s Wing Kiu Chu in the final bout, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Chu won against India’s Bhavani Devi Chadalavada Anandha Sundhararaman, 15-12, while Sarybay defeated Australia’s Veronika Vasileva, 15-11.
Men’s Sabre. China’s Chenpeng Shen won the men’s individual sabre event, with 16 fencers competing. Shen faced India’s Karan Singh Singh in the final bout, winning with a 15-2 score. In the semifinal round, Singh won against Uzbekistan’s Musa Aymuratov, 15-14, while Shen defeated Hong Kong, China’s Ho Tin Low, 15-6.
Final rankings in women’s epee included Kiria Tikanah Abdul Rahman (SGP, gold), Taniksha Khatri (IND, silver), Dilnaz Murzataeva (UZB, bronze), Amarzaya Batsaikhan (MGL, bronze), Sohiya Nikolaichuk (KAZ), Evelyn Halls (AUS), Li-Hsiang Hung (TPE) and Hanniel Abella (PHI).
Final rankings in men’s epee included Wai Hang Ho (HKG, gold), Javokhirbek Nurmatov (UZB, silver), Phuoc Den Nguyen (VIE, bronze), Mohammad Esmaeili (IRI, bronze), Jian Tong Sito (SGP), Rang Lee (TPE), Roman Petrov (KGZ) and Abdullah Al Hammadi (UAE).
Final rankings in women’s foil included Samantha Kyle Catantan (PHI, gold), Sofiya Aktayeva (KAZ, silver), Sena Hong (KOR, bronze), Chayanutphat Shinnakerdchoke (THA, bronze), Umida Ilyosova (UZB), Israa Al Siyabi (OMA), Roaa Majali (JOR) and Huang-Mei-Tzu Chang (TPE).
Final rankings in men’s foil included Yi-Tung Chen (TPE, gold), Samuel Elijah Robson (SGP, silver), Mukhammad Yusuf Asranov (UZB, bronze), Galim Nurumov (KAZ, bronze), Joseph Glasson (AUS), Ali Fadel Abbas (KUW), Philippe Wakim (LBN) and Hans Wei Shen Yoong (MAS).
Final rankings in women’s sabre included Aigerim Sarybay (KAZ, gold), Wing Kiu Chu (HKG, silver), Bhavani Devi Chadalavada Anandha Sundhararaman (IND, bronze), Veronika Vasileva (AUS, bronze), Najmeh Sazanjian (IRI), Ruba Almasri (KSA), Thi Khanh Linh Phung (VIE) and Juliet Jie Min Heng (SGP).
Final rankings in men’s sabre included Chenpeng Shen (CHN, gold), Karan Singh Singh (IND, silver), Musa Aymuratov (UZB, bronze), Ho Tin Low (HKG, bronze), Voragun Srinualnad (THA), Artyom Sarkissyan (KAZ), Thanh An Vu (VIE) and Abdallah Tahla (JOR).
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