In the finals of the prominent fencing tournament, which was held in Dakar, Iranian sabre practitioners overcame Italy 45-39 to stand on top of the podium for the first time.

Iran’s sabre outfit, comprising Mojtaba Abedini, Ali Pakdaman, Farzad Baher Arasbaran and Mohammad Rahbarai, had taken part at the international sportive event under the supervision of Peyman Fakhri as the head coach.

The gold medal came as the first ever trophy achieved by Iran’s national sabre squad in Men Sabre World Cup.

Iranian fencers had pulled a 45-34 victory over South Korean rivals in the semifinal showdown. The Persians, meanwhile, had to thrash Japan’s sabre team (45-22) in their opening match before breezing past the US (45-44) in the following encounter en route to the semifinals.

Men Sabre World Cup kicked off on November 04 in the Senegalese capital of Dakar and ran through November 06, 2016.

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Following the fencing event of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games, the latest ranking was released by the Fédération Internationale d’Escrime (FIE).

Accordingly, Iran’s top sabre fencer Mojtab Abedini, who overcame world’s great figures in preliminary rounds of Rio sabre event, has moved up to sixth place in fencing sport after receiving 149 points.

Abedini offered great sportive skills in Rio Olympics when he defeated his French, German, and South Korean rivals in the preliminaries though he lost to his US rival Daryl Homer in the semifinals before a second defeat by South Korean Kim Young-Hwan 15-8.

The Iranian fencer was very close to final of the Rio competitions, but a mistake by the referee put him in the fourth place.

Currently, Junghwan Kim of South Korea stands atop FIE world rankings followed by Hungary’s Arson Szilagyi and France’s Vincent Anstett who are placed in the second and third positions, respectively.

The sabre is one of the three weapons of modern fencing and it differs from the other modern fencing weapons, the épée and foil, in that it is possible to score with the edge of the blade; for this reason, sabreur movements and attacks are very fast.

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