“Dear Sofia Aleksandrovna, Olga Alekseevna, Sofia Stanislavovna, Svetlana Vladimirovna!
I sincerely congratulate you, the entire coaching staff on a beautiful and convincing victory in the team saber fencing competition at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo, ”reads the telegram posted on the Kremlin website.
The President noted that Russian saber fencers performed well at the Olympic Games and deservedly won an impressive number of awards, reaffirming the leadership of the Russian fencing school.
In the final of the team tournament, the Russian national team defeated the French national team.
The confrontation ended with a total score of 45:41.
The Russian team included Sofia Velikaya, Sofia Pozdnyakova and Olga Nikitina.
Earlier it was reported that Mamedov spoke about the poor health of Velikaya in the final of the team competition at the Olympic Games.