Japan Fencing Association
[Fencing] The Japanese national team wins the gold medal in the men’s epee team event at the World Cup (Vancouver, Canada)!
Won the second half of the Olympic race! This is the first gold medal win in 4 years and 9 months since W-CUP (Buenos Aires, Argentina) in March 2019!
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Japan’s men’s epee team (Kazuyasu Minobu/NEXUS FENCING CLUB, Niji Kano/Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.) at the Fencing World Cup held in Canada (Vancouver) on Sunday, December 10, 2023 (local time)・Yamada Yu/Yamaichi Shoji Co., Ltd.・Ryu Matsumoto/Nihon University) won the gold medal⚔������
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Epee members: From left_Minobu, Yamada, Matsumoto, KanoThe Japanese men’s team, which entered the tournament at 6th place in the world ranking, is comprised of Kazuyasu Minobu, Koki Kano, Yu Yamada, and Ryu Matsumoto. I did.
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Before the match against Italy, all together in a circle!
They defeated the USA 31-28 in the last 16 and defeated Kazakhstan 45-24 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, they defeated Switzerland, ranked 10th in the world, 45-30, and in the final, they defeated Italy, ranked 2nd in the world, 32-27, winning the gold medal������
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From left_Italian team, Japan team, Venezuela team
[Comment] Kazuyasu Minobe: We were able to win the team competition! Thank you to everyone who supported us. The team came together as one and created an ideal team match. With this result, we are getting closer to the Paris Olympics, but the competition is still in progress. We would like to win and close our hats, and then move forward with preparations for the next match. Nijiki Kano: Thank you for your support! Following the individual match, I was able to play the match at ease. I think this brings us a lot closer to the Paris Olympics. The Olympic race still continues, so I will continue to work hard every day! Yu Yamada: Thank you for your support. It was a tough battle from the first match, but the strong determination of each player led them to victory. This year’s competition is over, but next year’s competition will continue from the beginning of the year. I will do my best until the end, so please support me. Ryu Matsumoto: Thank you for your support. I am happy to be able to win this important Olympic race. Thanks to my encouraging seniors, I was able to play freely!
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