Women’s Sabre Olympic Qualifying Update – 7/25/11

July 26 2011, 12:13pm

Olga Kharlan (UKR) holds the top spot in the Adjusted Olympic Rankings (AOR), followed by FIE World #1 Mariel Zagunis (USA). The Ukraine and United States are among 6 nations that current have the maximum allotment of 2 fencers qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games.Full Article outlining the Olympic Qualification Process4 of the top-16 in the current FIE World Rankings would not qualify for the Olympic Games. For some, it’s a matter of recent performance not being up to the level of past performance. For others, it’s the result of being on a strong team. Russia’s Julia Gavrilova is 6th in the AOR, but as the 3rd Russian in the ranks would not qualify for 2012.The same holds true for two Americans: Ibtihaj Muhammad and Dagmara Woziak are 13th and 15th in the AOR as well as 11th and 12th in the current FIE World Rankings, but have fallen behind Mariel Zagunis and Daria Schneider in the standings.Current Adjusted Olympic Qualification:The FIE World Rank does not take into account the results of the 2011 Zonal events, but the AOR does. That is the main reason for Chen (CHN) being 84th in the FIE but having the 12th spot in the AOR. A full spreadsheet containing all fencers and results is also available.AORNameNationalityFIE World Rank1KHARLAN Olga UKR32ZAGUNIS Mariel USA13ZHU Min CHN64VELIKAIA Sophia RUS25DIATCHENKO Ekaterina RUS56BESBES Azza TUN87SOCHA Aleksandra POL108SCHNEIDER Daria USA269KIM Ji Yeon KOR2410MARZOCCA Gioia ITA1311VECCHI Irene ITA912CHEN Xiaodong CHN84AS 1LEE Ra Jin KOR32EU 1KHOMROVA Olena UKR7EU 2VOUGIOUKA Vassiliki GRE22AM 1SASSINE Sandra CAN20AM 2PEREZ MAURICE Maria Belen ARG50AF 1BEN CHAABANE Amira TUN28AS 2NAKAYAMA Seira JPN30AF 2AHMED Mennatalla EGY44