Olympic men's épée sensation: Kurbanov defeats Tokyo Games champion

Kazakhstan's Ruslan Kurbanov made it to the Men’s Épée Individual Quarterfinal at the 2024 Olympics Games in Paris, Kazinform reports.

Olympic men's épée: Ruslan Kurbanov defeats Tokyo Games champion
Photo credit: Vladislav Semyonov/ NOC

In the Round of 16, Kurbanov defeated 2020 Tokyo Games gold winner, French epée fencer Romain Cannone. The final score is 15:10.

Olympic men's épée: Ruslan Kurbanov defeats Tokyo Games champion
Photo credit: Vladislav Semyonov/ NOC
Olympic men's épée: Ruslan Kurbanov defeats Tokyo Games champion
Photo credit: Vladislav Semyonov/ NOC
Olympic men's épée sensation: Kurbanov defeats Tokyo Games champion
Photo credit: Vladislav Semyonov/ NOC
Olympic men's épée sensation: Kurbanov defeats Tokyo Games champion
Photo credit: Vladislav Semyonov/NOC

Previously, he won over Moroccan athlete Houssam Elkord with a score of 15:13 in the Round of 32 fight.

Ruslan Kurbanov won Kazakhstan's historic bronze medal at the Fencing World Championships in Milan last year. 

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