-Garrix Posted July 23, 2018 Posted July 23, 2018 Limardo had advanced to the decisive battle for gold, after defeating the Ukrainian Bogdan Nikishin in a close battle in the 7-4 semifinals Gerardo Blanco.- The Venezuelan Rubén Limardo completed another great feat in his career by winning the silver medal in the Fencing World Cup final where he lost 15-4 to the Frenchman Yannick Borel in the competition held in Wuxi, China . It is the second time in his career that the Bolivarian footballer obtains the silver medal in a World Championship. The other occasion in which he came to this instance was in Budapest, Hungary 2013, when he was defeated 15-7 by Estonian Nikolay Novosjolov. Limardo had advanced to the decisive fight for gold, after defeating the Ukrainian Bogdan Nikishin in a hard-fought match in the 7-4 semifinals. The competition began on Sunday night (Venezuela time) with Limardo defeating Egypt's Ahmad Elsokkary in round of 64 for 15-8 hits. On the board of 32 the Olympic champion at the 2012 London Games and silver medal at the Budapest World Cup, Hungary 2013, he beat the Ukrainian Elmir Alimzhanov 14-12. In the board of the 16 best in the world, Limardo faced an unprecedented rival in his career: the French Alex Fava with whom he had never competed in the pedana. The Venezuelan returned to appeal to his speedy attacks, of touched with arrows, to snack 15-8 to the French footballer. The board of 8 was a more demanding test, because he faced the South Korean Sangyoung Park, number 3 of the world ranking of the International Fencing Federation and Olympic champion in Rio 2016. But the Venezuelan again took hold of his hierarchy and experience to break down 13 -10 to the 22-year-old asatico. In the semifinals he played another tough match against the number 1 in the classification, the Ukrainian Bogdan Nikishin, winner this season of four World Cups, bronze last year in the European Championship and gold in 2015 in team sword. Limardo was patient and the first two rounds were consumed quickly by passivity. But in the third set, Bolívar's sword started with a touch to the armed wing, then he got a touch of each other and there he handled the times, attacking and retreating to counterattack and get the 7-4 victory that put him in the final. In the decisive duel for gold he faced Borel, sixth in the world. A fencer born on the island of Guadalupe of 29 years of great stature (1.96 m), very athletic, owner of a refined technique that used his long arms to dominate the Creole. Borel won Rio de Janeiro Olympic gold by team and is the current European individual champion. The two times Limardo had faced Borel in his career, he beat him 15-10 in the Taillín World Cup, Estoniia 2010 and 15-5 in the 2009 World Cup in Bogotá. But in this third opportunity, the Frenchman handled the times in the pedana, took a quick advantage that forced Limardo to attack him to look for the touched ones, and the French took advantage to counterattack and to add the points that gave him the title. Second World Cup final The Fencing World Championship is the only international competition that Limardo has resisted. The Guyanese skateboarder was named junior sword world champion in the tournament in Linz, Austria in 2005, but he has to dedicate himself to the annual event of absolute fencing. He was close to becoming just the second spadist in history to win Olympic gold and the next year he also wins gold worldwide. Limardo conquered the summit at the 2012 London Olympics and finished second at the Budapest World Cup, Hungary 2013, where he lost 15-7 in the final match against Estonian Nikolay Novosjolov. Limardo comes from finishing second at the Pan-American in Havana, where he lost 15-10 to Argentina's Jesús Lugones. In 78 editions of the World Championships, LImardo is the only South American who has played two finals in individual spades.
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