On the weekend of January 27-28, the “Riposta Cup” was held in Bucharest, which belongs to the series of competitions of the European Fencing Confederation (EFC) and the greatest success for the Greek colors came on the second day and in the individual junior tournament.
Aolina Kouroussi of AO Apollon Vrilissio advanced undefeated from the pool stage, went through the round of 128 without a fight, and then scored four consecutive knockout victories to secure a place on the podium.
She defeated the Romanian Ariana Nemes in the round of 64 (15-5), the French Louise Ozol in the round of 32 (15-6), the Bulgarian Ralitsa Gadjeva in the round of 16 (15-5) and Romanian Adrian-Maria Gaetara in the quarter final (15-8).
In the battle for entering the final, she was able to “bend” the French Constance Messier 15-7 and in the grand final she was finally defeated 15-13 by the Georgian Alexandra Kuvaeva (No. 7 in the European junior ranking).
It is the second medal this year for the athlete of Yiannis Notaras in the European circuit after the gold she won last September in Tbilisi. With the 65 points she secured from this distinction, the Yannis Notara athlete rose to No. 3 in the European junior ranking from fifth.
It should be noted that the 15-year-old will have one more year in the category. Now, her sights are set on the European U17 Championships in Naples, Italy, (22-25/2), where she will aim for something better than the ninth place she took last year in the corresponding event in Tallinn.
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