News Bringing to an end the International Fencing Federation (FEI) Grand Prix series, a sabre tournament held last weekend (29-31 May) in Moscow allocated 500 ranking points – the main form of classification for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games The event brought together about 340 fencers from 50 countries, with the top 65 athletes scoring ranking points The women’s event was won by Ukrainian Olga Kharlan, who claimed 48 points by overcoming Russian rival Yana Egorian, who bagged 39 points, in the final The bronze medals were shared by Russian duo Sofya Velikaya and Ekaterina Dyachencko, who each won 30 points Romania’s Tiberiu Dolniceanu took the men’s title, beating Germany’s Matyas Szabo in the final, claiming 48 and 39 points respectively Hungarians Tamas Decsi and Aron Szilagyi took 30 points each in third place Moscow was the ninth and final stage of the Grand Prix series, which features events in all three forms of fencing: sabre, epée and foil The last round was in Rio, where the best epée fencers competed in the Olympic city The two best fencers in each class (limited to one athlete per country and excluding those already qualified in the team events) according the FEI rankings in April 2016, will earn places at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games To see the current world rankings, click here Rio2016 com is not an absolute authority on qualification for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which is an ongoing process Final places will only be confirmed in July 2016 (for the Olympic Games) and August 2016 (for the Paralympic Games) The qualification systems are defined by each sport’s respective International Federation and the International Olympic Committee or International Paralympic Committee, and are subject to change When an athlete or team wins a quota place for their nation, the final decision on whether this ‘slot’ is used and which athletes are sent is taken by the respective National Olympic Committee or National Paralympic Committee (NOC or NPC) Even when athletes win a ‘nominal’ place for themselves, NOCs/NPCs may have to decide who to send if the number of qualified athletes from one country exceeds the quota