He beat Hong Kong’s Wong Pak Yud 15–12 in the final in Manama.
Kirill Prokhodov won the men’s individual épée title at the Asian Fencing Championships for athletes under 23. He defeated Hong Kong’s Wong Pak Yud in the final.
Author: Робот Source: East Kazakhstan Region Akimat, Kazakhstan
Kirill Prokhodov, a trainee of the East Kazakhstan Regional Specialised Children and Youth Olympic Reserve School, won gold at the Asian Fencing Championships for athletes under 23. The competition is being held in Manama, the capital of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
In the individual épée event, Prokhodov won five of his six group-stage bouts to reach the knockout rounds.
He beat Macau’s Sung Ka Wing 15–8 in the round of 32, then defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Daniil Lepikhov 15–14.
Prokhodov overcame Kazakhstan’s Georgiy Tinnikov 15–9 in the quarterfinals and Kyrgyzstan’s Barsbek Raiymbekov 15–10 in the semifinals.
In the final, he faced Hong Kong’s Wong Pak Yud and won 15–12. Prokhodov became the under-23 Asian champion in the individual épée event.
His coaches are Ksenia Venderskikh and Alexander Penkov.
Translated from Russian using artificial intelligence. Source: East Kazakhstan Region Akimat, Kazakhstan
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