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[Meteoric Iron]

and the controversy in the last 8 of the mens foil 50+ was that in the overtime minute at 9-9 the Italian fencer, whilst scoring an in-time and 'valid' counterattack, slipped and fell towards the action. The Italian fencer had already been carded for corps a corps and covering so whilst he was getting off the ground and celebrating I had to annul his hit and award a red card to him for hit scored whilst falling, awarding the fight to the other fencer.

That sounds like a scene right out of the could-it-ever-really-happen referee handbook.

[Joe biebel]

Downunder did a great job. I did mime "let's review the video" on one hit, so I am curious about that action. I have the first three touches of the MF final match before the camera got knocked over, so I would really appreciate the rest of the video also, if anyone has it.

I the match with Galvan and Hino****o, I have the first four or five touches. There are numerous calls made regarding leaving the strip, and cardable offenses and the calls were "right on the money". I will try and acquire video of the final and send both to downunder for review.

As far as confiscating (or not conficating the weapon) the weapon, I could not see how this could possibly hurt me and quite possibly help me, so I said nothing. Also, I'm sorry I kind of ignored you (Downunder) when you were trying to get the match going again, but I was sure there was a fault with my opponants weapon even though it did not show up on the initial test.

The strip setup was pretty nice. The two negative things I noticed were that the strip was very slippery to me (wore new LP shoes) and the large lights had a visible delay over the scoring machine lights. I think the scoring machines must use LEDs and the extension (audience) lights must use incandescent. I don't think it affected any of the calls in foil with it's fairly large windows, but I could see it possibly affecting the very tight window in saber. I was wondering if anyone else noticed this.

[epik99]

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(bored as ****) ya that's a great idea

[Joe biebel]

Rinaldo has sent me about 40 new photos (with more to come) that have been added to the following online albums for Limoges.

Send more photos please. Multiple photos please put in a "zip" file. If you know how to manipulate photos, please reduce size to about 300kb of less.

There are 3 new categories, they are:
V50 Womens Saber
http://picasaweb.google.com/joefencer/V50WomensSaber#

V60 Mens Saber
http://picasaweb.google.com/joefencer/V60MensSaber#

V50 Womens Epee
http://picasaweb.google.com/joefencer/V50WomensEpee#

In the following categories, several more photos have been added.
V60 WS:
http://picasaweb.google.com/joefencer/V60WomensSaber#

Opening Ceremony:
http://picasaweb.google.com/joefencer/OpeningCeremony#

Team:
http://picasaweb.google.com/joefencer/Team#

V50 Mens Foil:
http://picasaweb.google.com/joefencer/V50MF#

V50 Womens Foil:
http://picasaweb.google.com/joefencer/V50WF#

V60 Mens Foil:
http://picasaweb.google.com/joefencer/V60MF#

V60 Womens Foil:
http://picasaweb.google.com/joefencer/V60WF#

Team Dinner:
http://picasaweb.google.com/joefence...sUSTeamDinner#

Official Gala Dinner:
http://picasaweb.google.com/joefence...gesGalaDinner#

V60 Womens Epee:
http://picasaweb.google.com/joefencer/LimogesV60WE#

[Joe biebel]

Anybody get any shots of the WS 50+ final? My workplace press person is hassling me for one.

There are now several nice photos (with you) from Rinaldo posted of the awards platform.