The home team came away with the big win today as Russian Elena Netchaeva defeated #1 ranked Xue Tan 15-12 to win the 2007 World Championship in Women’s Sabre. Gioria Marzocca of Italy and Bogna Jozwiak of Poland took third place honors.

Watch the Women’s Sabre Medal Round online on WCSN

Netchaeva came into the world championships seeded 7th and cruised through her direct elimination matches up to the quarterfinals. In the quarters, she had her first true test against Poland’s Alexsandra Socha. Socha had earlier upset US phenom Rebecca Ward in a 15-14 nail biter, but she ended up short against the Russian veteran.

Netchaeva then dispatched Socha’s team mate Jozwiak 15-12 before heading into the gold medal bout against China’s Xue Tan.

Earlier in the day, the highly favored US women were knocked out. Ward was upset in the round of 32 and Olympic medalists Mariel Zagunis and Sada Jacobson went out in the round of 8.

Direct Elimination Table – Quarterfinals

1TAN XueCHN 
   TAN Xue
8VELIKAIA SophiaRUS15/9
    TAN Xue
5MARZOCCA GioiaITA 15/9
   MARZOCCA Gioia 
4JACOBSON SadaUSA15/10 
     NETCHAEVA Elena
3ZAGUNIS MarielUSA  15/12
   JOZWIAK Bogna 
6JOZWIAK BognaPOL15/14 
    NETCHAEVA Elena
7NETCHAEVA ElenaRUS 15/12
   NETCHAEVA Elena
2SOCHA AleksandraPOL15/13


Final Ranking – 2007 Women’s Sabre Individual World Championship

PlaceLast NameFirst NameNation
1NETCHAEVAElenaRUS
2TANXueCHN
3JOZWIAKBognaPOL
3MARZOCCAGioiaITA
5 ZAGUNIS Mariel USA
6 JACOBSON Sada USA
7VELIKAIASophiaRUS
8SOCHAAleksandraPOL
9FEDORKINAEkaterinaRUS
10TOUYAAnne-LiseFRA
11BIANCOIlariaITA
12ZHAOYuanyuanCHN
13NAGYOrsolyaHUN
14CHOWTsz KiHKG
15KIMHye LimKOR
16SZNOPEKGabriellaHUN
17 WARD Rebecca USA
18PERRUSLeonoreFRA
19OVTCHINNIKOVAOlgaCAN
20KHARLANOlgaUKR
21HUANGHaiyangCHN
22ARGIOLASCecileFRA
23HISAGAEMadokaJPN
24 WOZNIAK Dagmara USA
25WIECKOWSKAIrenaPOL
26VERGNECaroleFRA
27KORMILITSYNASvetlanaRUS
28KHOMROVAOlenaUKR
29LUCCHINOAlessandraITA
30KANEKOSakuraJPN
31ANMi AeKOR
32KIMKeum HwaKOR
33NICOLLChrystallGBR
34PETORekaHUN
35FAEZ MIELINAnaCUB
36SASCHENBRECKERWendyCAN
37VECCHIIreneITA
38SASSINESandraCAN
39BUJDOSOAlexandraGER
40SIUKAYEVAJannaAZE
41KUBISSAStefanieGER
42AU YEUNGWai SumHKG
43PUNDYKGalynaUKR
44FRANQUELLIJoannaPHI
45KOZACZUKMalgorzataPOL
46GUTIERREZYerimarVEN
47NAVARROAraceliESP
48LACHETAJessicaGBR
49NAKAYAMASeiraJPN
50VOUGIOUKAVassilikiGRE
51KLEMMSibylleGER
52BENKORekaHUN
52BYRNESiobhanIRL
54LEEShin MiKOR
55BOND-WILLIAMSLouiseGBR
56KOZLOVANinaUKR
57GONZALEZNulexisVEN
58BERNINSONEEstefania EmilseARG
59HUTCHISONJoannaGBR
60JOHANNSDOTTIRGudrunISL
61BENITEZAlejandraVEN
62ZHIVITSAYuliaKAZ
63MORALES CARRIERAJenniferCUB
64GONZALEZ POZOMaylinCUB
65STARRATSirawalaiTHA
66NAKAMURAHarukoJPN
67ALASGAROVAAidaAZE
68BROOKSJessicaAUS
69CLOUTIERJulieCAN
70LARIOSAngelicaMEX
71MARQUEZ RODRIGUEZHaidisCUB
72MARTINEZ ELIZALDEGiselleMEX
73LAUHei ManHKG
74HOREANUOzdemTUR
75PEREZ MAURICEMaria BelenARG
76DALYGriselVEN
77DYAOKOKINAKristinaKAZ
78DE BRUTOPetroRSA
79TANZMEISTERDorotheaAUT
80AGUSTSDOTTIRThorbjorgISL
81PITUELLOMilagrosARG
82GOSHERShelley-AnneRSA
83MANCILLAMariajoseGUA
84DU PLOOYAdeleRSA
85MIKINASabinaAZE
85SECKAnna NgoulouSEN
87BUNYATOVASevilAZE
88VELINOVAManuelaBUL
88BEKTURGANOVAAliyaKAZ
90WOODElviraRSA
91BAOYingyingCHN

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