Violetta Kolobova

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MOSCOW, June 15. /TASS/. Russian Violetta Kolobova won the gold medal in the individual event of spagatik in the European championship on fencing, held in Tbilisi.

In the final, the 25-year-old athlete with the score 15:10 victory over German Alexandra Ndolo. Bronze winners were Hungarian Emese Szasz and Estonian Yuliya Belyaeva.

This gold medal became the first for Russian national team at this tournament. Earlier in the European championship the Russian team won four silver and one bronze medals.

Other Russian spagetka Daria Martyniuk was eliminated in the first round (1/32 finals). Tatiana Gudkov lost Kolobovo on the 1/16 finals, and Tatiana Logunova in the 1/8 finals lost, Ndola.

Kolobov became the triple champion of Europe. In 2012, she won gold in the team tournament of spagatik in the national team of Russia, and in 2015 – in the individual championship. Kolobov is a two-time world champion and bronze medalist of the Olympic games.

The European championship will end on June 17.

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