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member MHS Fencer takes a look at the Men's Epee bracket and walks us through
how his predictions. Ian predicts a few upsets and wants to see how far
Kolobkov, 2002 World Champion, can go in this event.
Brice Guyart of France solved the Italian marching attack and won the gold medal by defeating Salvatore Sanzo 15-13 in the gold medal bout at the Athens Olympics.
August 16: USFA: Dan Kellner (Warren, N.J.) had a fantastic Olympic Games, coming one touch short of reaching the quarterfinals.
Kellner, going into the competition seeded 26th, upset Cedric Gohy of Belgium (the #7 seed) 15-12 in the round of 32.
Kellner held the lead at 14-12 but was nipped in sudden death by Richard Kruse of Great Britain in the round of 16. The final score was 15-14.
Jon Tiomkin (Hewlett, N.Y.) faced an exceptionally tough seed in the round of 32: Andrea Cassara of Italy, the #1 seed. He lost 15-3. Earlier, in the incomplete table of 64, he had defeated Maher Ben Aziza of Tunesia 15-10. Cassara has at this time advanced to the medal rounds.
Jed Dupree (Bethlehem, Pa.) lost his first bout in the round of 64 to Sofiane El Azizi of Algeria by the heartbreaking score of 15-14.
Tomorrow, U.S. Women’s Saber fencers Sada and Emily Jacobson (Dunwoody, Ga.) and Mariel Zagunis (Beaverton, Ore.) take on the world in individual competition! Tune in to BRAVO -- the competition will be broadcast at 6 p.m. Eastern Time.
Now that I gave the technical specifications of key staff persons on the US fencing team, it might be helpful to give a thumbnail sketch of a day in the life of the team. From early morning to late evening the team leader, Bob Largman, is keeping track of the athletes who are fencing that day and the bus they need to be on for enough time to warm up prior to their competition.
Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Frenchman Brice Guyart won the gold medal in the men's individual foil fencing competition on Monday at the Olympics. ... <
Three days into the Olympic fencing competition, none of the Chinese fencers has advanced into the semi-finals with Tan Xue of the women's sabre the last hope ... <
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
... No American has won a fencing medal since Peter Westbrook's bronze in men's sabre at the Soviet-bloc boycotted 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles. ... <
Fencing.Net
member MHS Fencer takes a look at the Men's Epee bracket and walks us through
how his predictions. Ian predicts a few upsets and wants to see how far
Kolobkov, 2002 World Champion, can go in this event.
