Indian fencers win nine medals in Asian Junior and Cadet C'ships

NEW DELHI: India returned with a rich haul of nine medals from the recently-concluded Asian Junior and

Cadet Fencing Championship

in

Tashkent

, Uzbekistan.

India won four medals in the junior championships which ended on Thursday in sabre women's team (bronze), epee women's team (silver), foil men's team (bronze) and foil women's team (bronze).

In the

Cadet Championship

, India won five medals in epee women's individual (bronze), epee women's team (silver), epee men's team (bronze), sabre women's team (bronze) and foil women's team (bronze).

A total of 12 Asian countries had participated in the Championships, a release from

Fencing Association of India

said.