Cadet and Junior World Championships - Belek, Turkey

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Strange things are going on in the MS. Poules of 5 and 6????

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Rankings after the poules CMS:

Rg Nom Prénom Nation Club Vic/match Ind. Td Groupe
1 SBRAGIA Stefano ITA 1.000 16 25 qualifié
1 COUTURIER Vincent CAN 1.000 16 25 qualifié
1 SZILAGYI Aron HUN 1.000 16 25 qualifié
4 POLOSSIFAKIS Joseph CAN 1.000 14 25 qualifié
5 MIRAMON CHOY Romain FRA 1.000 7 20 qualifié
6 REGULEWSKI Maciej POL 0.800 13 24 qualifié
7 SCHROEDTER Sebastian GER 0.800 13 23 qualifié
7 MARINO Fabrizio ITA 0.800 13 23 qualifié
9 SZABO Matyas ROU 0.800 12 22 qualifié
9 SAVICH Boris RUS 0.800 12 22 qualifié
11 LIKHACHEUSKI Aliaksei BLR 0.800 10 24 qualifié
11 HOMER Daryl USA 0.800 10 24 qualifié
11 STEARNS Max CAN 0.800 10 24 qualifié
14 PRESSMAR Stefan GER 0.800 9 24 qualifié
15 KIM Dong Hwan KOR 0.800 9 23 qualifié
16 PUY Sebestyen HUN 0.800 6 20 qualifié
17 COSTIN Ciprian ROU 0.800 4 21 qualifié
18 CHO Kun Bae KOR 0.800 3 20 qualifié
19 MERLE Pascal GER 0.750 10 17 qualifié
20 DAVIDYAN Igor UKR 0.750 7 19 qualifié
21 TYPALDOS-CHALVATZIS George-Paris GRE 0.750 7 17 qualifié
22 HWANG Hyun Kyu KOR 0.600 9 22 qualifié
23 OCHOCKI Aleksander USA 0.600 6 23 qualifié
23 ILIASZ Nikolasz HUN 0.600 6 23 qualifié
25 ABDULIN Rodion UKR 0.600 4 20 qualifié
26 NIKOLIC Nikolai AUT 0.600 4 18 qualifié
27 SARRIS Ioannis GRE 0.600 3 22 qualifié
28 WILLAU Mathias AUT 0.600 2 21 qualifié
29 AULOV Yevheniy UKR 0.600 2 19 qualifié
30 BREYNE Servaas BEL 0.600 1 18 qualifié
31 RONDON Mayerwing VEN 0.600 0 21 qualifié
32 GANS Baptiste FRA 0.600 0 20 qualifié
33 YILDIRIM Hakan TUR 0.600 -1 19 qualifié
34 ZEYTINCI Cemal Yigit TUR 0.600 -1 17 qualifié
35 BUDAGOV Yusif AZE 0.600 -2 16 qualifié
36 TANASELEA Adrian ROU 0.600 -3 18 qualifié
37 FOSCHINI Gabriele ITA 0.500 6 18 qualifié
38 MAHAFFEY Harrison USA 0.500 6 17 qualifié
39 AGHARAHIMOV Namig AZE 0.500 -6 10 qualifié
40 PRIKHODKO Alexandr KAZ 0.400 1 20 qualifié
41 LEWIS Nathaniel GBR 0.400 1 19 qualifié
42 GILMULLIN Rustem RUS 0.400 0 20 qualifié
42 RIOM Loic SUI 0.400 0 20 qualifié
44 OISHI Takashi JPN 0.400 0 15 qualifié
45 SHEVLYAKOV Alexey RUS 0.400 -1 21 qualifié
46 VASQUEZ Israel CHI 0.400 -1 16 qualifié
47 HUANG Bairong SIN 0.400 -3 19 qualifié
48 KHATAYBEH Amer JOR 0.400 -3 17 qualifié
49 BALDERSON Daniel GBR 0.400 -4 13 qualifié
50 SCHWARZ Gilbert AUT 0.400 -5 17 qualifié
51 BAKHSOLIANI Zurab GEO 0.400 -5 13 qualifié
52 MORI Hiromu JPN 0.250 -9 10 éliminé
53 SCUDDS Sutherlan AUS 0.200 -6 15 éliminé
54 LAMIANSKI Dzmitri BLR 0.200 -7 16 éliminé
55 FOTOUHI Mohammad IRI 0.200 -8 14 éliminé
56 DE VUYST Louis FRA 0.200 -9 15 éliminé
57 HONEYBONE James GBR 0.200 -10 14 éliminé
58 LUDVIKSSON Saevar Baldur ISL 0.200 -11 12 éliminé
59 KIRSCHNER Bar Gil-Ad ISR 0.200 -11 10 éliminé
60 PANASIUK Ilya BLR 0.200 -12 12 éliminé
61 CHOW Chak Man HKG 0.200 -12 10 éliminé
62 KIKNADZE Mikheil GEO 0.000 -11 9 éliminé
63 MIKELADZE Lasha GEO 0.000 -12 13 éliminé
64 HOSHINO Banri JPN 0.000 -13 12 éliminé
65 AKYILDIZ Can TUR 0.000 -14 11 éliminé
66 YU Chun Fai HKG 0.000 -17 8 éliminé
66 BARZEGAR Abdoullah QAT 0.000 -17 8 éliminé
68 LAW Him Ming HKG 0.000 -17 3 éliminé
69 KARTHIK G.K. IND 0.000 -18 7 éliminé
70 MASLAKOV Serhiy ISR 0.000 -19 6 éliminé

[Capt. Slo-mo]

Random observations from the World Championships:

1. Too small, too hot: The 2007 Cadet/Jr World Champs were originally supposed to be held in Izmir, Turkey, but were moved to Belek. If Belek’s ability to put on the Big Show was judged superior to Izmir‘s, I would have hated to see the setup in Izmir. The competition venues are spread between two hotels. There are strips scattered everywhere…in small halls, underneath balconies, in basements, none with enough room to accommodate spectators, none with adequate ventilation.
I’m all for the FIE helping countries like Turkey showcase a favored locale like the Turkish Riviera, but someone in Switzerland needs to crack the whip a little harder on what is an acceptable venue arrangement, and what isn’t.

2. Another Opening, Another Show: Welcome to pomp and pageantry brought to you by: Microsoft. Last year’s opening ceremonies in Korea featured several amazing dance and musical numbers by beautifully costumed Korean performers. Last night we were treated to a lissome young dancer, dressed in fencing whites, who folded herself into a small box on stage in an act straight out of vaudeville. A second dancer dressed in spiked heel boots and a black outfit just shy of Turkish Dominatrix then proceded to dramatically insert three giant sabers into the box. There was much posturing and flourishing of swords. I’m assuming the fencer eventually escaped unharmed, but I got distracted into helping set up the slow-motion replay camera, and missed the big finish. But by then, I had largely lost interest.

The opening event showed why technology is not always an improvement. The organizers had produced a video to show on the big screen. We knew this, because the projector kept showing us the Windows Media Player utility while they tried to get the video going. Nothing creates crowd excitement like a Whirling Dervish Cursor!

Then, in a moment any of us who have ever used a Microsoft product can empathize with, they finally got it organized, hit play, and the program crashes. No video. They have to go all the way back to the desk top, and reboot the video program. There is much sympathetic laughter in the crowd. After a bit, the video is launched. No audio. Hmmm…now what?

Exit the program, more laughter from the crowd. Wait, it’s Windows XP…anyone check the little audio icon on the toolbar? Sure enough, the dancing cursor opens the audio panel, unmutes the system with a dramatic flair….and we’re off!!

To what, I’m not really sure. We’re treated to about ten minutes of Turkish Tourism Board beauty shots of people and places in the country, very nicely shot. But it is intercut at seemingly random intervals--in a frenetic, the editor needs to drink a bit less coffee sort of way--with blurry, over-exposed video clips of archival fencing video from what appears to be World Cup or World Championship action. It’s not really clear what the point is, but boy, did they get a lot of edits in the piece.

Then, for the awards ceremony, no flag bearing honor guard, just computer-generated cartoon flags on the big screen, that drifted upwards in mimicry of a flag raising, while a 20-second version of the national anthem played. I teared up so badly, I had to sit for a while and quit shooting.

Really.

Oh, and two Americans got medals, but you knew that, anyway.

3. Smokers. What is it about Europeans (and Turks) and smoking? It is rampant here. Nearly every local we’ve seen so far has a cigarette in their mouth. Nearly every Euro-type in the hotel, the lobby, the restaurant, the hallways all are trailing smoke streams like an under-sized tug towing the Queen Mary. The only consolation here….the walkways lined with jasmine trees and flowering fruit trees. It’s a scent to embrace and remember during the Walk of LungDeath across the hotel lobby.

[KD5MDK]

Daryl Homer is in the Round of 4 waiting to fence for the top 2, Harrison Mahaffey made the round of 8, and Alex Ochocki made the round of 32.

[Timacheff]

We have begun our photography coverage of the Junior & Cadet Championships. The quantity and general diversity of images is limited, for now, since we're here at the event. However, we will have extensive photo galleries up within about two weeks.

In the meantime, we will work to post some photos from the finals each day. You can access the latest images from the home page at www.fencingphotos.com.

[epeemike81]

Originally Posted by KD5MDK

Daryl Homer is in the Round of 4 waiting to fence for the top 2, Harrison Mahaffey made the round of 8, and Alex Ochocki made the round of 32.

wow.... not the one I would have expected. good for Daryl. This is a BIG result for him.

-m

[epeemike81]

As for WE, Scanlan's out in the 32, Brandfield-Harvey and Hurley are waiting to fence in the 16.

Edit: Hurley's out 10-15 to Kolobova in the 16.

-m

[KD5MDK]

I'm not getting those updates.

[epeemike81]

Man does the FIE suck at this live results thing...

they keep overwriting the WE with the MS...

fixed
broken
fixed
broken...

Wayne, wanna fly to Belek??

-m

[epeemike81]

Brandfield-Harvey wins 4-3...

man o man do I LOVE Womens Epee...

-m

[JEC]

Champ du Monde Juniors-Cadets 2007 SMC - Quarts de finale


SZILAGYI A. HUN V15

SZABO M. ROU D8


COUTURIER V. CAN V15

MAHAFFEY H. USA D9



HOMER D. USA V15

POLOSSIFAKIS J. CAN D13


SAVICH B. RUS V15

SBRAGIA S. ITA D13









Champ du Monde Juniors-Cadets 2007 SMC
Sabre Masculin Cadets
BELEK-TURKIE
11 avrýl 2007
Classement général
Rg Nom Prénom Nation Club
5 SBRAGIA Stefano ITA
6 POLOSSIFAKIS Joseph CAN
7 SZABO Matyas ROU
8 MAHAFFEY Harrison USA
9 MIRAMON CHOY Romain FRA
10 MARINO Fabrizio ITA
10 SCHROEDTER Sebastian GER
12 STEARNS Max CAN
13 PUY Sebestyen HUN
14 CHO Kun Bae KOR
15 GILMULLIN Rustem RUS
16 BAKHSOLIANI Zurab GEO
17 REGULEWSKI Maciej POL
18 LIKHACHEUSKI Aliaksei BLR
19 KIM Dong Hwan KOR
20 TYPALDOS-CHALVATZIS George-Paris GRE
21 OCHOCKI Aleksander USA
22 ABDULIN Rodion UKR
23 NIKOLIC Nikolai AUT
24 WILLAU Mathias AUT
25 AULOV Yevheniy UKR
26 GANS Baptiste FRA
27 ZEYTINCI Cemal Yigit TUR
28 BUDAGOV Yusif AZE
29 LEWIS Nathaniel GBR
30 SHEVLYAKOV Alexey RUS
31 VASQUEZ Israel CHI
32 KHATAYBEH Amer JOR
33 PRESSMAR Stefan GER
34 COSTIN Ciprian ROU
35 MERLE Pascal GER
36 DAVIDYAN Igor UKR
37 HWANG Hyun Kyu KOR
38 ILIASZ Nikolasz HUN
39 SARRIS Ioannis GRE
40 BREYNE Servaas BEL
41 RONDON Mayerwing VEN
42 YILDIRIM Hakan TUR
43 TANASELEA Adrian ROU
44 FOSCHINI Gabriele ITA
45 AGHARAHIMOV Namig AZE
46 PRIKHODKO Alexandr KAZ
47 RIOM Loic SUI
48 OISHI Takashi JPN
49 HUANG Bairong SIN
50 BALDERSON Daniel GBR
51 SCHWARZ Gilbert AUT
52 MORI Hiromu JPN
53 SCUDDS Sutherlan AUS
54 LAMIANSKI Dzmitri BLR
55 FOTOUHI Mohammad IRI
56 DE VUYST Louis FRA
57 HONEYBONE James GBR
58 LUDVIKSSON Saevar Baldur ISL
59 KIRSCHNER Bar Gil-Ad ISR
60 PANASIUK Ilya BLR
61 CHOW Chak Man HKG
62 KIKNADZE Mikheil GEO
63 MIKELADZE Lasha GEO
64 HOSHINO Banri JPN
65 AKYILDIZ Can TUR
66 YU Chun Fai HKG
66 BARZEGAR Abdoullah QAT
68 LAW Him Ming HKG
69 KARTHIK G.K. IND
70 MASLAKOV Serhiy ISR

[epeemike81]

Brandfield-Harvey out in the 8.

-m

[DJ Apostrophe]

Originally Posted by epeemike81

Man does the FIE suck at this live results thing...

they keep overwriting the WE with the MS...

fixed
broken
fixed
broken...

Wayne, wanna fly to Belek??

-m

I'll pass... but only because without a passport, I'd get stuck in Turkey (assuming I made it in) ... no thanks.

-w

[KD5MDK]

The CMS semi-finals are supposed to be over by now (scheduled 1900, it's 2035 now). Still can't see how Daryl did.

Edit:
Ooops, I was looking at Islamabad again. 1835 in Istanbul.

[epeemike81]

Homer gets a bronze.

-m

[samh]

awesome job from the canadian cadet men's sabreurs. top 4, top 8, top 16

[epeemike81]

Russia jumps into the lead in medal count with a double gold.

-m

[KD5MDK]

We'll just have to catch up. CWE was one of our stronger events, too, I think.

[Timacheff]

New photos from tonight's men's cadet saber and women's cadet epee are now posted at www.fencingphotos.com.