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Polish women triumph team gold in Qatar Grand Prix

DOHA, January 25, 2009: The Polish women ruled team event at the 2010 Qatar Fencing Grand Prix – Epee beating Russia on the penultimate day at the Aspire on Monday.

Poland overcame strong Russian resilience with a flourishing 45-37 win.

In the third-place playoff, the Chinese women held nerves to register a narrow 45-43 victory over arch-rivals Korea to claim bronze.

HE Sheikh Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Secretary-General of Qatar Olympic Committee and President of the Qatar Fencing Federation crowned the champions.

Mr. Saleh Amer Al Hemaidi, QFF Secretary-General handed silver medals. The coronation ceremony was attended by International Fencing Federation, FIE and other QFF officials.

In the overall standings, Poland finished with one gold and a bronze in women’s team and men’s team respectively, Ukraine with one gold in women’s individual, France took men’s team gold, while Germany grabbed men’s individual gold.

The Russians took two silver and two bronze respectively. Hungary two silver, Italy two bronze and China one bronze in the overall medals tally.