00:00Filipino fencer Noelito Jose Jr. made a history after achieving the 26th position out of 243 fencers who competed in the Men's Ipe at the Grand Prix Qatar 2025.
00:12During the preliminaries, Jose recorded 5 wins and 1 loss to secure the 13th seed on the first day of direct eliminations on Saturday.
00:20The Southeast Asian Games silver medalist defeated Kim Sam Jin of Korea with a score of 15-14 to advance to the round of 128.
00:29Meanwhile, he also bested Jiaxin Wang of China with a score of 15-9, playing in the round of 64.
00:37Jose also won against Fabian Herzberg of Germany and entered the round of 32, but he was defeated by Sombor Kestelji of Hungary.