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WS Gran Prix-Budapest Just when the US Women's saber squad appeared to be running away with the 2007 World Cup season, the rest of the world pencilled in some new names on the scorecard. Or rather, some old names not seen in a while.
The FIE's #1 and #2 women sabrists Mariel Zagunis and Becca Ward both fall in the round of 32. Zagunis is upset by USA teammate Dagmara Wozniak, who goes on to defeat another American, Alexis Jemal, in the round of 16. Wozniak becomes the only US finisher in the top 8. Fencing Pictures is reporting that Wozniak will be subbing in tomorrow's team competition for the injured Sada Jacobson.
Ward is beaten by veteran Russian fencer Elena Netchaeva, who also goes on to a top 8 finish. Sada, ranked third in FIE standings, lasts thru the round of 16, finally falling to the eventual bronze medalist, Gioia Marzocca of Italy. Going into the Budapest Gran Prix, Netchaeva had been ranked 33rd, Marzocca 29th.
The Russian women had seemed somewhat muted the last several meets, but in Budapest, they place 3 fencers in the top 8.
2004 Olympic Silver medalist Tan Xue may be regaining some of her Olympic form. She was 5th in Orleans earlier in February, won the World Cup in Moscow mid-month, and repeated her win Saturday at the Budapest Gran Prix.
Next up, the WS team competition tomorrow. "Sometimes we, as coaches, get into that dictator mode where you just tell and you don't listen and you don't try to understand them." Tom Izzo, Mich. St.
"Fraud is the creation of trust. And then: its betrayal."
William Black, Ph.D.
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Some final standings:
1 TAN Xue CHN
2 FEDORKINA Ekaterina RUS
3 MARZOCCA Gioia ITA
3 JOZWIAK Bogna POL
5 VELIKAIA Sophia RUS
6 CSABA Edina HUN
7 NETCHAEVA Elena RUS
8 WOZNIAK Dagmara
9 JACOBSON Sada USA
12 JEMAL Alexis USA
17 ZAGUNIS Mariel USA
18 WARD Rebecca USA
67 THOMPSON Caitlin USA
88 HASSETT Eileen USA
98 BARATTA Emma USA "Sometimes we, as coaches, get into that dictator mode where you just tell and you don't listen and you don't try to understand them." Tom Izzo, Mich. St.
"Fraud is the creation of trust. And then: its betrayal."
William Black, Ph.D.
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Heh. It is the month of results-to-surprise-Epeemike, I think.  Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you!
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Just don't call them flukes. ;)
-B "Oh but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
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video is up at fencingchannel.tv http://www.fencingchannel.tv/cms/200...ZagunisT32.mov
the wozniak v. zagunis de is there also.
EDIT I mean the gold medal CHN v RUS is there also. duh.
Last edited by achilles_heal; 02-24-2007 at 10:16 PM.
Reason: wrong link
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Flukes are what whales have, and I wouldn't say that about any international fencer.
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WS Team Competition at the Budapest Gran Prix:
The USA loses another close, tough bout in the final round, but holds on to its #1 FIE ranking.
1 UKRAINE
2 USA
3 RUSSIA
4 ITALY
5 HUNGARY
6 FRANCE
7 KOREA
8 CHINA
9 GREAT BRITAIN
10 POLAND
11 GERMANY
12 JAPAN
13 ROMANIA
14 AZERBAIDJAN
15 CANADA
16 HONG KONG
17 SPAIN
18 MEXICO
19 ARGENTINA "Sometimes we, as coaches, get into that dictator mode where you just tell and you don't listen and you don't try to understand them." Tom Izzo, Mich. St.
"Fraud is the creation of trust. And then: its betrayal."
William Black, Ph.D.
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What was the score in the final? Any exciting stories?
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