Turkish Paris 2024 bronze medallist, Hakan Akkaya, won his latest World Cup medal in the men’s epee category A and added to his win from the foil earlier in the competition.

Also improving on his silver from his last visit to Pisa in 2022, Akkaya got past Ukraine’s Oleksii Zakusylov 15-10.

The silver was Zakusylov’s first appearance on the podium at this level.

Poland’s Dariusz Pender and Thailand’s Kitsada Pakdee shared the bronze.

Pakdee’s third place finish is a huge improvement on his previous best World Cup performance of 27^th.

In the women’s sabre category A, Poland’s Kinga Drozdz added World Cup gold to her collection which as of last September includes Paralympic silver.

Drozdz faced fellow Paris 2024 medallist, Nina Tibilashvili of Georgia, in a high calibre final.

It was Drozdz who had the edge this time, crafting a 15-9 victory to take her second World Cup win of the year.

South Korea’s Hyo Kyeong Kwon and Ukraine’s 2017 world champion Nataliia Morkvych were the bronze medallists.

As well as fencers with Paralympic bling to their names, new faces continued to emerge in Pisa.

Having first stepped onto the podium in 2021 in the men’s epee category B, Latvia’s Olegs Garkuls-Gurlevic proved he will be a face to watch in the next cycle.

Not even Italy’s Michele Massa, competing at home, could phase the Latvian in the final and he stormed to a 15-6 victory.

Ukraine’s Oleg Naumenko and Poland’s Patryk Banach completed the podium with a bronze each.

Poland’s Karolina Strawinska, a relative newcomer to the World Cup circuit, won gold in the women’s sabre category B on only her second appearance.

Strawinska’s stellar day in Pisa also saw her dispatch Georgia’s World Championships bronze medallist Irma Khetsuriani earlier in the competition.

In the final, the Polish fencer faced Germany’s Denise Hutter.

Hutter reached herself reached new heights on Saturday with her place in the final two and took the fight to Strawinska, missing out on gold by just one point.

Hong Kong, China’s, Nga Ting Tong leaves Pisa with a full house of medals having secured the bronze. Italy’s Julia Anna Markowska claimed the second bronze, her maiden sabre podium finish.

The sabre and epee concluded the individual events at Pisa 2024. The competition will end on an even bigger high on Sunday (10 November) when the mixed epee and foil team events take centre stage. These competitions, featuring a mix of male and female athletes and a shorter format, are part of efforts to keep wheelchair fencing fresh and relevant.