Romania on Sunday won a World Cup stage in Buenos Aires of the women’s epee team competition, as it defeated Russia in the final 45-40.
Fighting for Romania were fencers Simona Pop (2-4 versus Violetta Kolbova, 0-0 versus Lyubov Shutova, 2-6 versus Tatiana Logunova), Ana-Maria Popescu, nee Branza (3-6 versus Shutova, 14-6 versus Tatiana Gudkova, 8-8 versus Kolobova), and Simona Gherman (5-2 versus Gudkova, 6-2 versus Kolobova, 5-6 versus Shutova).
In the first round, Romania, also including Loredana Dinu, defeated Brazil, 45-37; in the quarter-finals it beat the US, 45-27, while in the semi-finals it defeated Estonia, 45-36.
In the third-place meet, Estonia defeated Ukraine, 42-32.
Romania is ranked 1st in the women’s epee World Cup rankings, with 352 points. It is followed by China (348 points) and Russia (304 points).
In the individual contests on Saturday, Simona Gherman ended 3rd. More…