TBILISI, Georgia, July 27, 2025 – Olympic champion Yana Egorian (_AIN) won the gold medal in women’s individual sabre at the 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships and Japan’s Olympic champion Koki Kano won the gold medal in men’s individual epee. It was the fourth day of finals, with a total of 12 gold-medal events in women’s and men’s individual and team competition in epee, foil and sabre scheduled between July 22 and 30. The Championships are taking place in Tbilisi’s Olympic Palace, and today’s events included 124 women and 213 men competing in sabre and epee.
Egorian faced Poland’s Zuzanna Cieslar in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Cieslar won against Ukraine’s Alina Komashchuk, 15-12, while Egorian defeated China’s Pan, 15-8. Of note, in the round of 16, Komashchuk beat Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura, 15-12.
“I’m very happy!”, said Egorian. “Today was very difficult, especially when I fenced with Pusztai. I spoke with my coach, and he understood what I didn’t do right, and after that I fenced better. Now I want to win the [next] Olympic Games.”
Kano faced Hungary’s world champion Gergely Siklosi in the final bout of men’s individual epee, winning with a 10-9 score. In the semifinal round, Siklosi won against Ukraine’s Nikita Koshman, 15-9, while Kano defeated teammate Masaru Yamada, 15-8. Of note, in the round of 64, Kazakhstan’s Ruslan Kurbanov beat Korea’s Olympic champion Sangyoung Park, 15-10, Denmark’s Conrad Seibaek Kongstad won against Hungary’s world champion Mate Tamas Koch, 15-10, and U.S. Virgin Islands’ Kruz Schembri defeated Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo Gascon, 15-12.
“A wonderful day for me”, said Kano. “I couldn’t get a medal this season until now. While the Olympics is only once every four years, the World Championships are a very important competition. All matches were difficult for me, and the final was only one touch. Siklosi was so strong, it was all mental. Now my goal is to get the individual and team gold medals in Los Angeles.”
Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Yana Egorian (_AIN, gold), Zuzanna Cieslar (POL, silver), Alina Komashchuk (UKR, bronze), Qimiao Pan (CHN, bronze), Yoana Ilieva (BUL), Sarah Noutcha (FRA), Sara Balzer (FRA) and Toscane Tori (FRA).
Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Koki Kano (JPN, gold), Gergely Siklosi (HUN, silver), Nikita Koshman (UKR, bronze), Masaru Yamada (JPN, bronze), Davide Di Veroli (ITA), Akira Komata (JPN), Matteo Galassi (ITA) and Mark Semanenka (AIN_).
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