South Africa’s Sarah Ghabrial beat Nigeria’s Chizoro Nwookacha to emerge as champion of the U-15 women’s individual épée at the Cadet and Junior African Fencing tournament in Lagos.
The 14-year-old defeated Nwookacha 15-12 in the final, claiming her first-ever continental medal.
Egyptian trio of Maya Shalash, Loulwa Abdelrahman, and Hana Eleraky dominated the podium in the U-17 women’s individual épée event before claiming the team épée gold medal.
Berne Beukes, Sarah Ghabrial and Mpho Mohlala all from South Africa finished 6th, 7th, and 8th, respectively.
Cadet and Junior African Fencing Results:
Women’s U-17 Foil:
1. Jana Ehab (Egypt)
2. Malak Hamza (Egypt)
3. Lojain Khaled (Egypt)
Women’s U-17 Epee Individual:
1. Maya Shalash
2. Loulwa Abdelrahman
3. Hana Eleraky
Women’s U-17 Sabre:
1.Renad Eldoksh Adel
2.Nagwa Nofal
3.Dalya Abdallah
Women’s U-20 Foil Individual:
1.Lojain Khaled
2.Meriem Mebarki (Algeria)
3.Malak Hamza
U-20 Epee Individual:
1.Maroua Gueham (Algeria)
2.Salma Tarek
3.Aya Hussein
Photo 1 Caption: South Africa’s Sarah Ghabrial (pictured middle) beat Nigeria’s Chizoro Nwookacha to emerge as champion of the U-15 women’s individual épée at the Cadet and Junior African Fencing tournament in Lagos. Photo: Fencing South Africa (Facebook)
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