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FOR the first time with her new country, Filipino Ivorian fencer Maxine Esteban has won an international championship.

During the final of the International Handel Cup European Under-23 Circuit Championship in Halle, Germany, on Sunday, Esteban defeated Luca Sarah Holland-Cunz of Germany, 15-13, to clinch the first gold of her career, wearing the flag of the Ivory Coast.

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