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_ Romania's Covaliu becomes world's junior men's sabre champion
Romania's Covaliu becomes world's junior men's sabre champion
In the first round, Covaliu defeated Bulgarian Radoslav Vodenov, 15-4, then Chinese Tianhao Wang 15-7, Evann Jean Abba Girault of Niger, 15-11, and then compatriot Radu Nitu 15-6. In the quarter-finals, he prevailed 15-12 over American Cody Walter Ji, in the semi-finals he defeated Spain's Santiago Madrigal 15-6, and in the final he narrowly won against Russia's Pavel Graudin, 15-14.
Radu Nitu ranked 11th, Mihnea Enache finished 31st and Casian Cidu 90th.
In the junior women's sabre event, Romanian Amalia Stan finished 8th, being defeated in the quarter-finals by Chinese Qimiao Pan, who went on to win the event.
Amalia Covaliu finished 46th, Denisa Serban 53rd and Anastasia Fusea 118th.
Romania lined up 27 fencers - 15 for the women's events and 12 for men's - at the 2024 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Riyadh, April 12-20, aiming for a 5th-6th place in the final ranking.
Only cadet individual and junior individual and team events were held at the championships in Riyadh.
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