Amalia Covaliu conquered the gold medal

Notable performance. The Romanian athlete Amalia Covaliu won the gold medal in the female sword test on Tuesday at the World Championships for Cadets in Wuxi (China), after defeating Chinese Qimiao Pan.

Amalia Covaliu did not evolve in the first round, and in the second round he defeated the compatriot Amelie Pescaru, with 15-7, in the third round he won the duel with the South Korean Sabre Dahui Moon, with 15-5, in the eighth he won to the limit in front of the Hungarian Boglarka Komthy, with 15-14. Bynnley McKee with 15-5, so that in the penultimate act to win against the Chinese Xuanyi Zhang with 15-12.

The bronze medals returned to Chinese Zhang and South Korence Eunchae Jang.

Amelie Pescaru took 58th place, and Sofia Corlătescu finished 81st place.

On Monday, Amalia Covaliu ranked 10th in the junior sword test, and her older brother, Vlad Covaliu, obtained the silver medal at the junior sword.

In the sword test of the cadets, the Romanian Michael Ene ranked in the fifth place, after losing in the quarterfinals, in front of the Russian Iaroslav Borisov with 8-15. Radu Matei took the 20th place, and Rareș Munteanu ranked 97th.

The world title was won by the American Emilio Paturzo Gonzalez, the silver returned to the Turdeniz Berrak Turk, and the bronze medals were obtained by Russian Iaroslav Borisov and the Italian Leonardo Reale.

The World Fencing Championships for cadets and juniors take place on April 7-15, in Wuxi (China).