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Rapier brought Russia the sixth gold youth Olympics
Ulyana Belykh on the way to the final in the women’s rapier suffered only one defeat and brought the Russian team the sixth gold of the Games in Dakar
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Russian rapier Ulyana Belykh won gold at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar.
White was the only representative of Russia in the tournament.
In the group stage, Belykh won four of five fights (against rivals from Malaysia, Romania, New Zealand and Bahrain).
In the quarterfinals, the Russian defeated the Australian Rihanna Leung, in the semifinals took revenge for the defeat of the Polish Danuta Tim for the loss in the group, and in the final defeated the Egyptian Sarah Amr Hosni - 15:8.
Belykh brought the national team of Russia, acting under the national flag, the sixth gold of the competition.
