According to News.Az, the best result among our fencers was shown by sabre fencer Azer Taghiyev who took the 15th place. On the preliminary stage he won over opponents from France and Great Britain and got a right to participate in play-off.
Danish Magnus Normann Yorgensen lost 10:15 to Azer Taghiyev in the round of 64 of the final. In the round of 32 of the final Azerbaijani fencer won over Georgian Mikhail Mardaleishvili 15:13 and only in the round of 16 of the final he was stopped by German Maximilian Kindler that then became the bronze winner.
Other representatives of Azerbaijan took the following places: sable fencer Yekaterina Prokhorova took the 49th place, while epee fenders Kanan Aliyev and Farid Mammadov are 50th and 84th respectively.
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