From 3 to 4 August, Kharkiv hosted the MSF tournament «Soft Fury: Duellist».

Divisions included Sabre & Buckler, duelling sabre, and 3 vs 3 Sabre & Buckler.

Lads and lasses from the «Knyaz Junior» branch held their own and took prize places in every junior division!

Our athletes won the following medals:

5 gold medals 🥇
5 silver medals 🥈
1 bronze medal 🥉

In the singles, our juniors won medals and led the podium in most divisions:

Boys 14–15
Sabre & Buckler — Ivan Shevliakov, 1st

Duelling sabre — Ivan Shevliakov, 1st

Boys 16–17
Sabre & Buckler — Andrii Soloshenko, 1st

Duelling sabre — Andrii Soloshenko, 1st; Pavlo Andriushchenko, 2nd

Girls 14–15
Sabre & Buckler — Yelyzaveta Kupina, 2nd
Duelling sabre — Yelyzaveta Kupina, 2nd
Girls 16–17
Sabre & Buckler — Yelyzaveta Kupina (place)

Duelling sabre — Yelyzaveta Kupina, 3rd

Team 3 vs 3 — fielding the «Knyaz» 16–17 team, our lads won an exciting first place!

After the junior bouts came the 18+ team fights.

There were enough teams to make the competition fierce. «Knyaz» came out top of its group and stayed undefeated all the way to the final, where it met «Sharukhan».

In an even and exciting battle ending 2:1 on rounds in «Sharukhan’s» favour, «Knyaz» took an honourable 2nd place.

16–17 «Knyaz» — 1st place (Andrii Soloshenko, Ivan Shevliakov, Pavlo Andriushchenko)

18+ «Knyaz» — 2nd place (Oleksandr Popov, Dmytro Linnyk, Andrii Soloshenko)

Team «Knyaz»

A special mention for Andrii Soloshenko — absolute champion in every under-18 division!

Congratulations to all the prize-winners and participants!