Complete 2005 World Championships Coverage at Fencing.Net!

[Craig]

I am very pleased to announce that fencing.net will feature full coverage of the 2005 World Championships.

FencingPhotos.com will provide a daily dose of pictures from the 2005 World Championships that highlight the action and intensity inherent in fencing.

In addition to the photographic content, fencing.net has a dedicated reporter who will be at the venue for the duration providing daily event recaps as well as other stories and interviews that develop from the event.

Fencing.Net's event coverage will be submitted by Kevin Mar, head coach of the Washington Fencing Academy.

Kevin Mar is a contributing photographer for FencingPhotos.com and co-founder of the Washington Fencing Academy. He has photographed fencing at national competitions and studied fencing over the last 7 years. He has written articles for newspapers and magazines and Kevin is currently writing a book on goal setting. He is also a competitive epeeist and vice-chair of the Western Washington Division of the USFA.

Kevin will join FencingPhotos.com owner and Official FIE Photographer Serge Timacheff in Leipzig to provide Fencing.Net's readers with the most focused coverage available of the 2005 Fencing World Championships.

Please welcome Kevin to the Fencing.Net team.

Craig

[Timacheff]

Hi Everyone ...

Our first few photos are up on the www.fencingphotos.com home page from last night's men's epee and women's foil finals here in Leipzig. It was a GREAT final for men's epee, with Kolobkov beating Fabrice Jeannet 15-14 in overtime, and Vezzali winning her first gold since Athens -- and since having a baby just four months ago. A day with lots of surprises ...

We'll be posting lots of new action and victory shots as they occur -- for now, we're catching up with everything that's going on here.

-- Serge

[geordie]

SHERRAINE MACKAY JUST BEAT BRITA HEIDEMANN 15-10 TO GO TO THE TOP 8!!!
SHE'S ON FIRE!!!

I'll keep you posted!

Cheers,
Geordie

[wflaschka]

She's 15-12 against TOL from netherlands. She's in the top 4!

[geordie]

CORRECT!!! Sherraine will fence Dmowska from Poland to go to the Gold Medal match!
By the way, Sherraine just made history wiinning the 1st ever medal for Canada at the World Championships!!!
PARTY!!!!!

My wife is my hero!

Cheers,
Geordie

[geordie]

MACKAÝ & FLESSEL take the bronze

VOSU vs. DMOWSKA in the final

[Zilverzmurfen]

VOSU vs. DMOWSKA in the final

...and Danuta Dmowska won against Maarika Vösu...

Dmowska is a new name to me, yet another surprise in Leipzig I suppose!

[glowstix]

CORRECT!!! Sherraine will fence Dmowska from Poland to go to the Gold Medal match!
By the way, Sherraine just made history wiinning the 1st ever medal for Canada at the World Championships!!!
PARTY!!!!!

My wife is my hero!

Cheers,
Geordie

i found myself cheering her on too..

[fencingpictures]

i found myself cheering her on too..

She is very kind -- and funny! -- in person too. We made interview with her, after doping contorl, which was very good. Now we must look for because it must be found. We would like her to be guest announcer on WCSN.com for team epee!

[BoutAfrica]

Salvarore Sanzo (ITA) crushed Liangliang Zhang (CHN) 15 -4 in the final of mens foil.
Unfortunatly I did'nt get to watch it so could some one please give a blow by blow acount for us poor underprivileged people?

[Fencergrl]

MACKAÝ & FLESSEL take the bronze

VOSU vs. DMOWSKA in the final

Congrats to your wife Geordie! We're proud of her back home.

[esskreemr]

Good source for results (linked from http://www.wcsn.com):
http://www.fencing2005.com/ergebnisse.php

Gives the entrants list and tableaus in pdf format...

[Craig]

New articles posted: http://www.fencing.net/forums/fencing-news/t19975.html

Comments?

[veeco]

New articles posted: http://www.fencing.net/forums/fencing-news/t19975.html

Comments?

The comment in the Men's foil and Women's sabre article about this world championship gold being Anne-Lise Touya's first is wrong: she won gold in 2001 in Nimes I believe.

[misha]

Comments?

Hi Craig,
Sorry for the off-topic. I posted it some time ago in another thread, but the mistake is still there....

In the Fencing.net store, in the Epee DVD section, everywhere in descriptions Fischer is listed as (SWE) and 'c' is missing from his last name

A couple of exmples:

Bratislava DVD:

Semi Final Bouts:
Fisher (SWE) vs. Kovacs (HUN)

Vancouver DVD:

Semi Final Bouts:
Mattern (USA) vs. Fisher (SWE)


I think it should be corrected. Olympic Champion deserves to be listed as he should be.
It is Fischer SUI not Fisher SWE

Marcel Fischer website


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[Timacheff]

Hi everyone & greetings from Leipzig ...

Corbis.com -- the stock/assignment agency (they're partnered with Reuters) for which I shoot -- featured fencing as the top story today on their sports page, coming in above baseball and football ...

The story is also cycling on their home page between entertainment and news.

I attached an example for you all to see.

A good day for making fencing more visible to the world!

www.corbis.com

[Timacheff]

The new grounded strips produced by Artos and being used here in Leipzig are interesting ... kind of like ripstop nylon ... fabric, very light, thin, and colorful. Many fencers are wondering if they will also be durable for the long range. Some fencers take issue with the fact that they don't make a metallic sound when a blade hits the strip (as with the metal strips) -- there's no difference in sound between the strip and the off-strip carpet.

Anyone been hearing about them?

[KD5MDK]

Does anyone know what they cost?

[Timacheff]

Slightly more than a metal strip.

But you save a lot on shipping costs, because they're much lighter.

(On the other hand ... I don't know about repairs!)

[toucheturtle]

The comment in the Men's foil and Women's sabre article about this world championship gold being Anne-Lise Touya's first is wrong: she won gold in 2001 in Nimes I believe.

I stand corrected. I am trying to read the profiles which are in German so I thought it was a world cup that she won that year!