asia zone qualifier

[1936]

who qualified in the asia zone tournament, anyone know?

[Craig]

The Asian Zonal is finishing up today.

There's a Kiwi going:

New Zealand fencer Jessica Beer is off to Athens later this year after winning the Asia-Oceania Olympics qualifying event in Manila yesterday.

Beer, 24, beat 11 rivals to win the women's epee and claim the one qualifying spot in the Olympics field of 36.

She will become the first New Zealand woman fencer to compete at the Olympics. New Zealand last had a fencing representative at the Olympics in 1992.

[Craig]

Also on Asia-Oceania Olympic Qualifying:

Asia-Oceania Olympic Qualifying


By jean malanum


FILIPINO FENCERS Armand Bernal, Harleen Orendain and Joanna Franquelli failed to secure berths in the Athens Olympic Games yesterday, losing to world-class opponents in the Asia-Oceania qualifying competitions at the PhilSports Arena.


Bernal, a veteran of the 2001 Southeast Asia championships, bowed to Kyrghystan’s Evgeniy Chigrin, 8-15, in the first round of the men’s epee division ruled by Thailand’s Sirirok Rathprasert, who earned the trip to the Greek capital following a 15-13 victory over Kuwait’s Hassen Hassan.

Orendain, a member of the developmental pool who saw action in the 2003 Vietnam SEA Games, was eliminated in the first round of the women’s epee division, losing to Thailand’s Siritada Chouchokkul, 11-15.

But Chouchokkul missed the Olympic slot to New Zealand’s Jessica Beer, who scored a 15-8 win in their final match.

Franquelli, who shifted to fencing after retiring from the national basketball squad, lost her first-round match to Hong Kong’s Tsz Ki Chow, 7-15, in the women’s sabre category.

Chow, who together with Japanese Madoka Hisage qualified for Athens, met in the finals where the Japanese prevailed, 15-8.

"We’re happy with the performance of our athletes. They put up a good fight, malakas lang talaga ang mga kalaban nila," said Philippine Olympic Committee and Philippine Amateur Fencers Association president Celso Dayrit.

"We are hoping that luck will come our way in the final day of the Olympic qualifying," added Dayrit, who is pinning his hopes on Wally Mendoza and Emerson Segui in today’s competitions in the men’s foil and men’s sabre.

Another local fencer, Veena Nuestro, is also seeing action in the women’s foil.

"The competition in the women’s foil is very tough, but in the men’s foil and sabre, we may pull off a surprise," said Dayrit. "Our athletes have trained hard for this Olympic qualifying and they are ready for the tough challenge ahead."

Mendoza, gold medalist in the 2001 and 2003 SEA Games, was the best-placedFilipino in the 2002 Busan Asian Games at sixth place. He has beaten 2000 Sydney Olympics bronze medalist Kothny Wiradech of Thailand.

Wiradech has already qualified for the Athens Games this August.

Segui, who finished seventh in the 2002 Busan Asian Games, was a member of the men’s foil team that won the gold in last year’s SEAG while Nuestro won the women’s foil silver in the same tournament.

Only two Filipino fencers have competed in the Olympic Games, which introduced the regional qualifying in 1995. They are Percy Algers, gold medalist in the 1997 Jakarta SEAG and Asian Fencing Championships who competed in the men’s sabre event in the 1988 Seoul Games, and Walter Torres, gold medal winner in the 1991 Manila SEAG who took part in the men’s foil in the 1992 Barcelona Games.

[Craig]

So:

Women's Epee: Jessica Beer - New Zealand
Women's Sabre: Madoka Hisage - Japan and Tsz Ki Chow - Hong Kong
Men's Epee: Sirirok Rathprasert - Thailand

[Zelda]

GO JESSICA! She is a really lovely girl and deserves a chance at the Olympics.

[sabreman]

Jessica Beer -> And a Great last name!

[Craig]

From a Chinese news site:

In the Asia/Oceania Olympic qualifying competitions held on April 19-20, eight Olympic berths had been booked by Chinese Hong Kong (3), Japan (3), Thailand (1) and New Zealand (1).

Hong Kong won the tickets for women's sabre, women's and men's foil, with Japan women's, men's sabre and women's foil, Thailand men's epee and New Zealand women's epee.

[esgrimista1]

Congrats to all those who made it!

[veeco]

I looked for some results, but couldn't find any. I am especially interested in knowing the name of the Hong Kong fencer who qualified in Men's foil, as it might be a friend of mine. If you have any information, please let me know!

[fencingguy]

Do you think Gerald made it?

[fencingguy]

Heres the link to what I think was the list of qualifiers on the FIE Website. It didn't look like anyone from Hong Kong Qualified in men's foil. I could be wrong about what this list is, so investigate for yourself.

http://www.fie.ch/download/homepage/...0JO%202004.pdf

[veeco]

Yes, I found that list also, I think this is the list of qualifiers before the zonal tournaments, as Fischer and Nyiztor aren't in it for men's epee.

And yes, I am wondering if Gerald made it or not. I know he isn't the top fencer from Hong Kong in men's foil, however I don't know how the HK federation decides who gets to go to the zonal tournament. Since he is the fencer from Hong Kong who's made the best result this year in a men's foil world cup, I think it could be possible that they sent him instead of the other guy.

[C.J.]

Is Kim Young Ho going this time?

[veeco]

Kim Young Ho is retired and he isn't going