Leader of the Ukrainian women's saber fencing team, the full holder of the Olympic awards Olga Kharlan, and medalists in the 2016 Olympic Games, Alina Komashchuk, Olena Kravatska and Olena Voronina, have shared their first feelings after winning the silver medal in the early hours of Sunday, August 14, the press service of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine said.

"The main thing in [the] final match was to get tuned for the first round, not to think about how important the competitions were; just simply to start fencing and perform. This was the most difficult thing. The main thing is that we have got the medal. The main thing is that we are a team, and we had been trying very hard. We committed many mistakes and did not do everything we had planned, but we really wanted to," the press service quoted the team as saying.

In addition, the Ukrainian saber fencers said that every round was complicated and it was difficult to compete. "We did not think about who we're going to fence then. We were fighting hard with the Koreans, with the Italians – they were our old, avid competitors. We would often defeat them, but every time it costs a lot of nerves," the statement said.

In the final round of the Olympic tournament, the Ukrainian women's saber fencing team lost to Russia, which won the gold medal with a score of 45 to 30.