 While the Olympic bids are all set, there is still a good amount of fencing to do between now and Athens. The individuals and countries now are competing for valuable world cup points that will determine their seeding into the Olympic tournament. We have a brief rundown of the competitions that concluded in May, 2004.
 Men's Epee: This weapon contested 4 individual competitions in May, with Austria's Christoph Marik winning 2 of the 4 World Cups. Marik won Heidenheim and Legnano while Rota of Italy took silver in Legnano and bronze in Innsbruck. Marik and Rota are still in a race for the #1 spot going into June.
Men's Epee Top 10 (Official FIE Rankings)
|
Rank |
Pts |
Name |
Nationality |
|
1 |
221 |
ROTA Alfredo |
ITA |
|
2 |
216 |
MARIK Christoph |
AUT |
|
3 |
207 |
FISCHER Marcel |
SUI |
|
4 |
165 |
VAN LAECKE Yoeri |
BEL |
|
5 |
132 |
JEANNET Fabrice |
FRA |
|
6 |
130 |
ZHAO Gang |
CHN |
|
7 |
125 |
BOISSE Eric |
FRA |
|
8 |
123 |
BOCZKO Gabor |
HUN |
|
9 |
122 |
KARDOLUS Arwin |
NED |
|
10 |
118 |
SEPULVEDA PUERTO Eduardo |
ESP |
Tournament Results:
Heidenheimer Pokal
|
Rank |
Pts |
Name |
Nationality |
|
1 |
32 |
MARIK Christoph |
AUT |
|
2 |
26 |
FISCHER Marcel |
SUI |
|
3 |
20 |
SCHMITT Martin |
GER |
|
3 |
20 |
BOSSALINI Alessandro |
ITA |
|
5 |
14 |
ROTA Alfredo |
ITA |
|
6 |
14 |
BOCZKO Gabor |
HUN |
|
7 |
14 |
SCHMID Sven |
GER |
|
8 |
14 |
NOVOSJOLOV Nikolai |
EST |
Trophée Carroccio - Legnano
|
Rank |
Pts |
Name |
Nationality |
|
1 |
32 |
MARIK Christoph |
AUT |
|
2 |
26 |
ROTA Alfredo |
ITA |
|
3 |
20 |
GRUMIER Gauthier |
FRA |
|
3 |
20 |
ZHAO Gang |
CHN |
|
5 |
14 |
CANU Mathieu |
FRA |
|
6 |
14 |
SICOT Bastien |
FRA |
|
7 |
14 |
XIE Yongjun |
CHN |
|
8 |
14 |
TICHKO Alexey |
UKR |
Innsbruck Coupe du Monde
|
Rank |
Pts |
Name |
Nationality |
|
1 |
32 |
KNEIP Christoph |
GER |
|
2 |
26 |
VAN LAECKE Yoeri |
BEL |
|
3 |
20 |
ROTA Alfredo |
ITA |
|
3 |
20 |
ZAKHAROV Vitali |
BLR |
|
5 |
14 |
FERNANDEZ Silvio |
VEN |
|
6 |
14 |
CONFALONIERI Diego |
ITA |
|
7 |
14 |
MATHE Jorg |
AUT |
|
8 |
14 |
KAYSER Oliver |
AUT |
Challenge Bernadotte - Stockholm
|
Rank |
Pts |
Name |
Nationality |
|
1 |
48 |
FISCHER Marcel |
SUI |
|
2 |
39 |
JEANNET Jerome |
FRA |
|
3 |
30 |
KOLOBKOV Pavel |
RUS |
|
3 |
30 |
DELHOMME Remy |
FRA |
|
5 |
21 |
BOCZKO Gabor |
HUN |
|
6 |
21 |
MOERCH Claus |
NOR |
|
7 |
21 |
ABAJO Jose luis |
ESP |
|
8 |
21 |
SELINE Alexei |
RUS | |
