{mosimage} While the Olympic bids are all set, there is still a good amount of fencing to do between now and Athens. The individuals and countries now are competing for valuable world cup points that will determine their seeding into the Olympic tournament. We have a brief rundown of the competitions that concluded in May, 2004.
{mosimage} Men’s Epee: This weapon contested 4 individual competitions in May, with Austria’s Christoph Marik winning 2 of the 4 World Cups. Marik won Heidenheim and Legnano while Rota of Italy took silver in Legnano and bronze in Innsbruck. Marik and Rota are still in a race for the #1 spot going into June.
Men’s Epee Top 10 (Official FIE Rankings)
Rank | Pts | Name | Nationality |
1 | 221 | ITA | |
2 | 216 | MARIK Christoph | AUT |
3 | 207 | FISCHER Marcel | SUI |
4 | 165 | VAN LAECKE Yoeri | BEL |
5 | 132 | JEANNET Fabrice | FRA |
6 | 130 | ZHAO Gang | CHN |
7 | 125 | BOISSE Eric | FRA |
8 | 123 | BOCZKO Gabor | HUN |
9 | 122 | KARDOLUS Arwin | NED |
10 | 118 | SEPULVEDA PUERTO Eduardo | ESP |
Tournament Results:
Heidenheimer Pokal Rank Pts Name Nationality 1 32 MARIK Christoph AUT 2 26 FISCHER Marcel SUI 3 20 SCHMITT Martin GER 3 20 BOSSALINI Alessandro ITA 5 14 ITA 6 14 BOCZKO Gabor HUN 7 14 SCHMID Sven GER 8 14 NOVOSJOLOV Nikolai EST
Trophée Carroccio – Legnano
Rank Pts Name Nationality 1 32 MARIK Christoph AUT 2 26 ITA 3 20 GRUMIER Gauthier FRA 3 20 ZHAO Gang CHN 5 14 CANU Mathieu FRA 6 14 SICOT Bastien FRA 7 14 XIE Yongjun CHN 8 14 TICHKO Alexey UKR
Innsbruck Coupe du Monde Rank Pts Name Nationality 1 32 KNEIP Christoph GER 2 26 VAN LAECKE Yoeri BEL 3 20 ITA 3 20 ZAKHAROV Vitali BLR 5 14 FERNANDEZ Silvio VEN 6 14 CONFALONIERI Diego ITA 7 14 MATHE Jorg AUT 8 14 KAYSER Oliver AUT
Challenge Bernadotte – Stockholm Rank Pts Name Nationality 1 48 FISCHER Marcel SUI 2 39 JEANNET Jerome FRA 3 30 KOLOBKOV Pavel RUS 3 30 DELHOMME Remy FRA 5 21 BOCZKO Gabor HUN 6 21 MOERCH Claus NOR 7 21 ABAJO Jose luis ESP 8 21 SELINE Alexei RUS
