OREANDA-NEWS. Russian saber fencers guaranteed gold and silver medals at the Tokyo Olympics. This was reported by the Lenta.ru correspondent.

In the decisive match, which will be held on Monday, July 26, the representatives of Russia Sofia Velikaya and Sofia Pozdnyakova will compete for the victory. The last in the semifinal match was stronger than the Frenchwoman Manon Brunet (15:10). Great in 1/2 finals defeated the athlete from Hungary Anna Marton.

The great 36 years old, she is the 2016 Olympic champion in the team tournament, she also has two silver medals in the individual tournament (2012, 2016). At the World Championships, Velikaya won eight gold, five silver and three bronze medals.

Sophia Velikaya was the standard-bearer of the Russian national team at the opening ceremony of the current Games.

Sofia Pozdnyakova is the daughter of the head of the ROC Stanislav Pozdnyakov, a four-time Olympic champion.

Thus, the Russian national team guaranteed itself the second gold in Tokyo. Shooter Vitalina Batsarashkina became the first gold medalist.

The final match will begin at 14:45 Moscow time. At the last Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Sophia Velikaya also met in the final match with her compatriot, Yana Yegoryan, to whom Sophia Velikaya lost that final.

At the moment, the Russian Federation is ranked seventh in the team classification. Our athletes have one gold, four silver and two bronzes. The USA is in the lead (7; 3; 4), in the second place is China (6; 3; 6), in the third place are the Japanese hosts (6; 1; 2).