August 13, 2016 in the framework of XXXI Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, took place a series of fencing men's foil team matches, where graduate of the RSUPESY&T Department of theory and methods of martial arts Artur Akhmatkhuzin with Russian fencers Timur Safin and Alexey Cheremisinov ranked first, confidently beating the French in a serious match.
"In our sport we act not fast, but on time. Speed and reaction here are not principal, maximum concentration is more important. In this sense I had an advantage. It was necessary to build a fight correctly tactically, to impose my game to opponent. To lead him to do comfortable for me,"- shared his impressions after the awards Artur Akhmatkhuzin.
TECHNICAL RESULTS
XXXI OLYMPIC GAMES
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), August 12
FOIL. MEN. Team Championship (8 teams)
Quarterfinal. Italy - Brazil - 45:27. France - China - 45:42. Russia - South Korea - 45:22. Russia (Artur Akhmatkhuzin, Timur Safin, Alexey Cheremisinov, substitute Dmitriy Zherebchenko) - Great Britain - 45:43. USA - Egypt - 45:37.
Semifinal. France - Italy - 45:30. Russia - USA- 45:41.
For the 3rd place. USA - Italy - 45:31.
Final. Russia - France - 45:41.
Source: sport-express.ru [1], rusfencing.ru [2], rio2016.com [3]
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