Iran sabre fencing team won the silver medal of the Coupe du Monde par equipes in Warsaw, Poland, February 25, and improved its place in the sabre category of world ranking from eighth to fifth place.
According to World Fencing Federation, Fie.org, in the tournament, world No. 1 in sabre ranking South Korea finished first with 64 points and world No. 3 Hungary came in third with 40 points.
Iranians Ali Pakdaman, Mohammad Rahbari, Mojtaba Abedini and Farhad Baher-Arasbaran won the team silver and bagged 52 sharp points to add to their points for the 2017-18 season which have reached the general 264 points.
South Korea, Italy, Hungary and Russia hold the first to fourth places in the sabre ranking respectively. Russia is only eight points ahead of Iran and the gap with the third rank is 32 points.
In the individual section of the games Iran only won a bronze medal by Pakdaman on Feb. 23. The other contestants were among the losers.
Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre; winning points are made through contact with an opponent.
The sabre differs from the other modern fencing discipline, the épée and foil, in that it is possible to score with the edge of the blade; for this reason, sabreur movements and attacks are very fast. For the other two disciplines, valid touches are only scored using the point of the blade.
