The Hungarian men’s saber team is European champion

The men’s fencing team of Áron Szilágyi, András Szatmári, Csanád Gémesi, Tamás Decsi won the gold medal on Monday at the European Fencing Championships in Antalya, after defeating the Ukrainian team 45-39 in the early evening final.

The Hungarian quartet started the fourth day of competition in the last eight, beating Poland and France in the semi-finals.

In the final, the Hungarians then had a tough time against the Ukrainians, who are much lower down the world rankings.

“It’s not really our problem that the favourites went out early this time. We did our job and I am very proud of the boys! A gold medal is never given for free and this team proved that they are ready for the next challenges after Tokyo,” head coach András Decsi told the Hungarian federation’s website.

Csanád Gémesi said that four years ago they won the European Championship under completely different circumstances, yet he can’t distinguish between the two gold medals.