Kseniya Klimiankova of Belarus stood on top of the world after being crowned individual champion in the Women’s Final at the UIPM 2019 Youth World Championships (U19 & U17).
The 17-year-old won by a convincing 10sec margin from Amina Tagirova of Russia, withYoon Yangji of Korea picking up bronze after holding off Esther Fernandez Donda ofGermany by 1sec.
If individual silver was in any way disappointing for Tagirova (RUS), she could take consolation from winning team gold alongside Yana Soloveva (RUS) and Iuliia Sergeeva(RUS). Silver went to Germany and bronze to Great Britain.
Ever-prolific Egypt added another gold medal on the penultimate day of the combined age-group competition as Moutaz Mohamed and Abu Bakr Aleadwy won the U17 Men’s Relay.
Russia duo Denis Zuev and Evgeniy Bobylev secured silver while bronze went to Esau Florido and Mario Medina of Mexico.
U19 WOMEN’S FINAL
There was no hint of the winning potential of Klimiankova (BLR) in the Swimming pool, where she was ranked 26th of the 36 competing athletes. Instead it was a local athlete who led the way, U17 champion Svetla Zgurova of Bulgaria in 2:14.41, ahead of Tagirova (RUS) in 2:14.77.
The Russians were prominent again on the Fencing piste as Soloyeva (RUS) managed an exceptional 31V/4D. Georgina Mitchell of Great Britain performed very well with 27V/8D. Klimiankova (BLR) made a move up the leaderboard with the third-best return of 25V/10D along with Amira Kandil (EGY).
The biggest mover in the Laser Run was Yoon (KOR), who recorded the best time of 12:32.50. As other contenders fell away, Klimiankova (BLR) and Tagirova (RUS) held their nerve to stay in control of the race.
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