According to the ranking released by the FIE following the end of Warsaw men’s sabre World Cup in individual competitions, Mojtaba Abedini and Ali Pakdaman managed to improve their ranking by one place each.

Accordingly, Abedini climbed to the 10th place in the world sabre fencing ranking with 118 points, while Pakdaman is placed at the 27th with 58 points.

Abedini had managed to advance to the eighth-final in the Warsaw men’s sabre World Cup competitions, where he conceded defeat against the number five fencer in the world ranking and was eliminated from the tournament.

Pakdaman was narrowly defeated by South Korea’s Oh Sanguk 14-15 in the semifinal and received the bronze medal.

In the preliminary round, Pakdaman was in Group C along with fencers from Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, Hong Kong and Qatar where he managed to win all his games. In the Round of 16, he defeated Hong Kong’s Hin Chang Lam 15-10 and advanced to the quarterfinal. Pakdaman then overpowered Vietnamese An Vu Thanh 15-11 and secured berth to the semifinal.

South Korea’s Bongil Gu won his countryman Oh Sanguk in the final and snatched the gold medal.

2018 Asian Games officially kicked off on August 18 in Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang.