The Egyptian fencing team is back from the Budapest World Championships without a medal. After a great run in the last Mediterranean Games, Egypt, traditional power of this combat sport on the continent, was counting on the World Championships to regain its rank.

Unfortunately, the Pharaohs have returned empty-handed from this global competition, which ended on August 12. Egypt took part with a small delegation of nine fencers, three athletes in each event. The most famous are the Olympic champion Alaa Abul Qassem in foil, and Ziad Al-Sissi in sword quarter finalist at the Junior World Championships in 2012. Now it is the time to review!
“The competition was very tough against Russia and Italy. These two countries have impressive track champions. For example, there was the florist Valerio Aspromonte, gold medalist in London in 2012 and the European champion this year, “says in the micro hebdo. Ahram, the coach of the team, Al-Bakry.