Comunidad de Madrid (Junior Men's Foil)

[Craig]

US fencers Dimitry Kirk-Gordon and Alejandro Bras made the top 8 at the Comunidad de Madrid junior world cup held in Madrid, Spain this past weekend. (11/23-11/24.)

With the points from his 7th place finish, Kirk-Gordon is now the highest ranking junior men's foilist from the US. He holds 13th place in the world rankings.

US Fencing results:
7) KIRK-GORDON Dimitri
8) BRAS Alejandro L
11) MEYERS Brendan
14) SINKIN Jeremy
17) GERBERMAN Steven
20) BERKOWSKY Ronald W
24) WOODHOUSE Enoch
31) SINKIN Gabriel

Complete results from the Junior Men's Foil World Cup in Madrid, Spain:

Place Country Name Points
1) JPN ICHIKAWA Kyoya 32
2) ITA ZANELLA Filippo 26
3) POR OLIVEIRA Joel 20
3) JPN KIBE Keiji 20
5) ITA OTT Gregorio 14
6) ESP MENENDEZ Gabriel 14
7) USA KIRK-GORDON Dimitri 14
8) USA BRAS Alejandro L 14
9) CZE NEMESKAL Stanislav 8
10) JPN OTA Yuki 8
11) USA MEYERS Brendan 8
12) BEL COLOT Thibault 8
13) ITA RAINERI Marco 8
14) USA SINKIN Jeremy 8
15) ITA GIANNESINI Sebastia 8
16) POR MARTINS Rui 8
17) USA GERBERMAN Steven 4
17) GBR BARNETT Michael 4
19) BEL HERMAN Francois 4
20) USA BERKOWSKY Ronald W 4
20) ITA DI MARTINO Guiseppe 4
22) NED VAN DEN VOORT Joren 4
23) ESP TARGA Oriol 4
24) USA WOODHOUSE Enoch 4
25) JPN MAEDA Tomoyuki 4
26) POR SANTOS Jorge 4
27) JPN TASHIRO Hiroyuki 4
28) ESP REJAS DEL CAMPO Pab 4
29) ESP DEQUIDT Diego 4
30) ITA BREDA Giacomo 4
31) USA SINKIN Gabriel 4
32) GBR MEPSTEAD Alex 4
33) POR OLIVEIRA David 2
34) ESP MONTERO Julian 2
35) GBR LAW Ryan 2
36) GBR KENBER Jamie 2
37) ESP GARCIA AUNON Pablo 2
38) NED BORST Sebastiaan 2
39) POR BATISTA Daniel 2
40) POR DRUMOND Ricardo 2
41) GBR KENT Chris 2
42) MDA STRI*****I Alexandr 2
43) MEX PEDERZOLI Alessandr 2
44) GBR GLAISTER Steve 2
45) ESP GARCIA AUNON Daniel 2
46) POR SANTOS Gael 2
47) ESP CARDA Alfredo 2
48) MDA DIDIC Alexandru 2
49) MDA EMELIN Dmitri 2
50) ESP ECHEVARRIA Alvaro 2
50) ESP PASCUAL Alberto 2
52) ESP AGUILERA Arturo 2
53) AUS COTMAN Hugh 2
54) ESP VILARRUBI Ferran 2
55) POR PINTO Alexandre 2
56) GBR ROSOWSKY Yasin 2

[edew]

Who are those Japanese fencers?

Congrats to Dmitri. You see, without biased refereeing, he'd do pretty well.

[I see dead people]

Wow!! Japanese fencers are going to be the next big thing in fencing.

[edew]

Well, they're in a tough region, having to fight through China and Korea. And, with Wiradech Kothny leaving Germany for Thailand, and Nonpatat Panchan, they have to contend with Thailand as well. The whole asian region is brimming with strong fencers.

[haggis]

All well and good but Madrid was still a pretty weak junior A Grade

[I see dead people]

Even if it was a weak tournament, they still stepped over the US fencers. This is means Japanese fencing is catching up faster then ours!! This is kinda not so good because Americans don't like any sport that is not dominiated by American players, and it will only make it harder for fencing to become popular here.