Men's Sabre - Sofia Grand Prix; Smart now 2nd in world

[Craig]

1) RUS POZDNIAKOV Stanisla 48
2) HUN NEMCSIK Zsolt 39
3) ESP PINA Jorge 30
3) GER BAUER Dennis 30
5) BLR LAPKES Dmitri 21
6) ITA MONTANO Aldo 21
7) ESP CASARES Ignacio 21
8) HUN LENGYEL Balazs 21
9) BUL TSIKALOV Genady 12
10) NED PLANTINGA Teun 12
11) FRA MAROUF Nourdin 12
12) GER HERM Michael 12
13) ITA PASTORE Giampiero 12
14) POL JASKOT Norbert 12
15) USA PARKER G Colin 12
16) HUN DECSI Tamas 12
17) HUN FODOR Kende 6
18) MEX MACIEL Santiago 6
19) THA KOTHNY Wiradech 6
20) CHN HUANG Jao Yiang 6
21) ITA CAVALIERE Alessandr 6
22) RUS DIATCHENKO Alexei 6
23) ROM LUPEICA Alin 6
24) POL NOWINOWSKI Arkadius 6
25) BUL RAJEV Anguel 6
26) USA WHITMER Darrin 6
27) POL SZNAJDER Rafal 6
28) FRA GALVEZ Guillaume 6
29) GRE SAINIS Christos 6
30) CAN GRAVEL Evens 6
31) RUS AIBOUSHEV Dmitri 6
32) BUL MARINOV Petar 6
33) ROM COVALIU Mihai 3
34) ESP MEDINA Fernando 3
35) FRA PILLET Julien 3
36) RUS CHARIKOV Sergej 3
37) HUN FERJANCSIK Domonkos 3
38) FRA TOUYA Gael 3
39) UKR LUKACHENKO Volodimi 3
40) FRA TOUYA Damien 3
41) ROM STROE Vasile 3
42) FRA GOURDAIN Matthieu 3
43) BUL GYONOV Dobrin 3
44) TPE HUANG Chih-Hao 3
45) NED HAVERKAMP Symke 3
46) GRE MANETAS Constantino 3
47) GRE DELENIKAS Athanassi 3
48) GRE TZINIOLIS Panaiotis 3
49) FRA GAZIN Fabrice 3
50) POL TOMCZAK Maciej 3
51) ROM DINA Lucian 3
52) GER KRAUS Christian 3
53) ROM ZALOMIR Florin 3
54) ROM GAUREANU Dan 3
55) RUS FROSSINE Alexei 3
56) ROM SANDU Constantin 3
57) THA PHONGYOO Somkhit 3
58) NED VAN CANN Etienne 3
59) ESP CASARES Fernando 3
60) USA ROGERS Jason N 3
61) USA CLEMENT Luther C 3
62) FIN ROMAN Mika 3
63) BUL LILOV Ivan 3
64) CAN BOULOS Michel 3

[Craig]

As of 3/31/03

Place Name Country Total Points

1 POZDNIAKOV Stanislaw RUS 190
2 NEMCSIK Zsolt HUN 175
3 SMART Keeth T USA 167
4 TARANTINO Luigi ITA 139
5 PINA Jorge ESP 124
6 COVALIU Mihai ROM 119
7 BAUER Dennis GER 117
8 PILLET Julien FRA 101
9 MONTANO Aldo ITA 99
10 MEDINA Fernando ESP 98
11 CHARIKOV Sergej RUS 94
12 CASARES Ignacio ESP 92
13 FERJANCSIK Domonkos HUN 91
14 LENGYEL Balazs HUN 89
15 LAPKES Dmitri BLR 86
16 TOUYA Gael FRA 80
17 TOUYA Damien FRA 74
18 KOTHNY Wiradech THA 66
19 LUKACHENKO Volodimir UKR 64
20 DIATCHENKO Alexei RUS 58
21 CHEN Feng CHN 56
22 KHALEGHI Reza IRI 55
23 PASTORE Giampiero ITA 54
24 GOURDAIN Matthieu FRA 52
25 WILLIAMS James GBR 52

[Dalton]

I would not be so sure about those results... The Final, as far as I recall, was between Podzniakov and Covaliu, no bulgarian nor Dutch made it past the 64 etc.

So what I'm saying is that while Podzniakov has taken back his rightfull place, I don't think Nemcsik passed Keeth yet. He was eliminated in the last 16. I was there...

[edew]

Whatever the case, it appears that Smart did not attend the Sofia GP. Too bad. What is heartening is to see the other US fencers, Parker, Whitmer, Rogers, and many others placing in the top-64. They are our "second-tier" international fencers, and still doing as well, especially Parker, is a good sign that US Men's Sabre has depth. We might not get a team medal in 2004, but I see 2008 as the break-out year for US fencing in the Olympics. Unfortunately, who knows whether fencing will still be around at all in the big O.

[pkt]

Craig,

is
6) ITA MONTANO Aldo
the son of the Montanos who fenced in the Montreal Olympics?

PK

[michel]

It is not the real classification, because for example Julien Pillet from France lost in the 16, and the final was between Podzniakov and Covaliu.
I know someone who sent an email to the FIE, and the answer was "It is the classification sent by the Hungarian Federation", so perhaps they sent a wrong one.

[pkt]

Just to collaborate what michel sent in

I jsut received this from Wang Yung from Seattle.
Howard is of course
44) TPE HUANG Chih-Hao:

"BTW, just talked to Howard. He said the FIE result was all wrong. He did not come in 44. Covalui came in second not Nemcik.

wy"

Reminds me of the Monty Python 'Hungarian/English Dictionary' sketch.

PK