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Italy Tops Qualification Standings for Men’s Foil
Paris proved great for the US. The top 4 qualifying teams remained in the top 4, but an early loss by Japan gives Germany hope. In the Olympic team foil event, the top-4 teams qualify directly to the…
January 30 2012, 4:21pm | Comments »
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Olympic Qualification Analysis – Men’s Epee after Legnano
Despite flat performances, most of the top qualifiers remained in place. The top seeds this weekend came out flat and did nothing to solidify their spots while two fencers on the outs made big moves to displace their…
January 30 2012, 3:40pm | Comments »
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Men’s Epee – What to Watch for in Legnano
The Olympic selection will become a little clearer this weekend. The final leg of Olympic qualification for Men’s Epee begins this weekend in Legnano, Italy with a World Cup event. This event provides standard points, with 32 points…
January 26 2012, 1:30pm | Comments »
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Geza Imre (HUN) Captures the Vito Noto, Women compete in Coupe d’Europe 2012
Vito Noto International Cup Soren Thompson (USA) participated in a Men’s Epee feature event in Italy, held just one week before the Legnano world cup kicks of the second half of the Olympic qualifying season. Gladius shared the…
January 25 2012, 6:36pm | Comments »
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Christian Bauer – Russia’s Desire for Immediate Results Depletes Fencing Program
Christian Bauer. Photo FencingPhotos.com Over on Facebook and in the forums Allex posted the following translation from a Russian site’s interview with Christian Bauer. The interview, as all of Bauer’s, provides insights on where the Russian program stands…
January 19 2012, 7:09pm | Comments »
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Lignano Junior World Cup Results in Sabre and Epee
Lignano Fencing Junior World Cup Yana Egorian (RUS) defeated Mariya Ridel (RUS) 15-8 to win the Lignano Sabbiadoro Junior Women’s Saber World Cup event today. The bronze medals were shared by Martina Petraglia (ITA) and Elizaveta Kiryanova (RUS). …
January 6 2012, 10:25pm | Comments »
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From fencing.net
Interview with Alexay Yakimenko
Alexey Yakimenko claimed the top world ranking for men's sabre Allex from SwordSport kindly translated an interview with Russian saber fencer, and 2011 World Cup Points Winner Alexey Yakimenko from the Russian site Championat.com: November 17 2011 Moscow…
December 5 2011, 4:21pm | Comments »
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Bratislava and Sosnowiec Junior World Cups
680 fencers compete in Bratislava this weekend. Bratislava will host maybe biggest FIE Junior World Cup Tournament where 680 fencers were entered from 36 countries will compete in Men’s and Women’s Foil and Epee events. Men’s and Women’s…
November 18 2011, 5:21pm | Comments »
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Mariel Zagunis is 2010-2011 World Cup Champion for Sabre
Italy dominates world rankings in fencing for the 2010-2011 FIE World Cup season. FIE Lausanne, 3 November 2011 – With Elisa Di Francisca (women’s foil), Paolo Pizzo (men’s epee) and Andrea Cassara (men’s foil), Italy boasts three out…
November 3 2011, 1:46pm | Comments »
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The Missing Pizzo – Men’s Epee Final Recap
Paolo Pizzo celebrates. Photo S.Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com Looking back on the 2011 Fencing World Championships, we have this analysis of the gold medal bout for Men’s Individual Epee. In the Men’s Individual epee final, we had the privilege to spectate…
October 31 2011, 5:36pm | Comments »
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Trailer for Documentary on Catania 2011
Saw this on the FIE’s Facebook feed: A narration of the world fencing championship Catania 2011, the last rendez-vous before the Olympic Games “London 2012”. A new vision of Sicily, its identity, its culture & its hospitality through a…
October 28 2011, 4:58pm | Comments »
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Men’s Team Foil: World Championship Match (Video)
Gold medal match at the 2011 Fencing World Championships in Men’s Team Foil between China and France. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgotra0whGA This was a great match that went down to the wire with a 45-44 score at the end. You can…
October 26 2011, 3:33pm | Comments »
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Evaluating France: Fencing World Championships Recap
The French fencing team finished 5th in the Nations Ranking from the 2011 Fencing World Championships and 4th in the medals ranking with one Gold, one Silver, and one Bronze medal. France was one of 13 nations to…
October 24 2011, 3:28pm | Comments »
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China Halts French Comeback – Wins Foil Team Gold
Photo Serge Timacheff. France suffered a heartbreaking loss to China in the finals of the Men’s Team Foil final at the 2011 Fencing World Championships. Just one bout earlier Jianfei Ma (CHN) dominated Victor Sintes (FRA) 12-4 to…
October 21 2011, 4:28pm | Comments »
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Romania Takes Women’s Team Epee Title
Romania vs. China in Women's Epee. Photo Serge Timacheff The Women’s Team Epee event went to form as the top 4 seeds all made the semi-finals and the top seeds advanced to have world #1 Romania face off…
October 19 2011, 1:37am | Comments »
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