Saudi fencer Hasan Abed wins silver at World Cup meet

RIYADH: Saudi fencer Hasan Abed has won a silver medal at the World Cup in Nigeria.
The Saudi youngster picked up the second place medal after losing to Egypt’s Youssef Shamel in the final of the event in Lagos.
Abed came through a field of 39 fencers taking part in the under 20 championships to reach Saturday’s final.
Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, the Saudi sports minister, congratulated the fencer on social media, saying the youth was a “rising star”.
He defeated Greece’s Artemios Tzovanis in the quarterfinals and Egypt’s Eslam Osama in the semis on his route to the final.