Rahbari defeated well-known French saber fencer, Boladé Apithy, who is in the 6th place of world fencing ranking.
Rahbari who is experiencing his first Olympics presence is in the 27th place of the list.
Iranian saber fencers also set two victories earlier today. Ali Pakdaman defeated Szatmari Andras from Hungary and Mojtaba Abedini won over Gordon Shaul from Canada.
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