In Pisa (Italy), the stage of the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup ended. The competition in Italy is one of the stages of qualification for the Paralympic Games in Paris.
On the last day of the competition, our athletes managed to get to the podiums in team competitions. Natalya Morkvych from Lviv did it twice, Andriy Demchuk and Anton Datsko once each.
1. Men’s team epee – “silver”.
Team composition:
· Datsko Anton, cat. In (Lviv Region);
· Magula Maksym, cat. A (Transcarpathian region);
· Manko Artem, cat. A (Cherkasy region);
· Zakusilov Oleksiy, cat. A (Mykolaiv region).
2. Women’s saber team – “bronze”.
Team composition:
· Natalia Morkvych, cat. A (Lviv region);
· Natalia Mandrik, cat. A (Kharkiv region);
· Pozniak Tatyana, cat. In (Mykolaiv region);
· Dyologist Nadiya, cat. In (Transcarpathian region).
3. Team rapier open – “silver”
Team composition:
Andriy Demchuk, cat. A (Lviv region);
· Natalia Morkvych, cat. A (Lviv region);
Oleg Naumenko, cat. In (Mykolaiv region);
· Yesyna Olga, cat. In (Kyiv region).
We will remind, at this stage of the World Cup, Natalya Morkvych won a silver medal in the individual competition of girls on rapier.