Evaluating France: Fencing World Championships Recap
The French fencing team finished 5th in the Nations Ranking from the 2011 Fencing World Championships and 4th in the medals ranking with one Gold, one Silver, and one Bronze medal. France was one of 13 nations to earn a medal at the World Championships and one of 5 to earn a gold medal. Where [...]
Video of the Day: Men’s Epee Team Semi-Finals USA vs. Hungary
This is the semi-final team match in Men’s Epee at the 2010 Fencing World Championships. Team USA faces off against Hungary, the winner faces France for the world championship. The US team of Ben Bratton (New York, N.Y.) , Seth Kelsey (Brush Prairie, Wash.), Cody Mattern (Tigard, Ore.) and Ben Ungar (Bronx, N.Y.), started the [...]
Video Highlights of the 2010 European Championships
The 2010 European Fencing Championships drew to a close today with the final team events. Italy was the big winner with gold medals in Men’s Team Foil, Men’s Foil, Women’s Foil, Women’s Team Foil, and Men’s Team Sabre. Individual event winners included: Andrea Baldini, Valentina Vezzali, Alexey Yakimenko, Imke Duplitzer, Svetlana Kormilitsyna, and Jean-Michel Lucenay. [...]
Mariel Zagunis wins New York World Cup
Mariel Zagunis (USA) and Aldo Montano (ITA) win the 2010 New York Fencing World Cup in women’s sabre and men’s sabre.
Italy Dominates in Cuba
Chamley-Watson and Goldstein finish in top-16 for US Andrea Cassara (ITA) led the Italian contingent by winning the Havana Men’s Foil world cup with a 15-8 victory over Victor Sintes (FRA). Italy claimed 6 of the top-8 spots at this world cup and 3 of the semi-finalists were from Italy. Miles Chamley-Watson (USA) continued his [...]
Kelsey Silvers in Montreal
Seth Kelsey follows up on his win in Australia with a 2nd place finish in the Montreal World Cup. Korean Seung Gu Kim came away with the 15-11 victory.
Jacobson Positioned for Rematch, Gold
Sada Jacobson and Rebecca Ward are seeded #1 and #2 entering the Women’s Sabre competition on Saturday, August 9th. Fellow US teammate Mariel Zagunis is seeded 6th. Jacobson’s draw could lead to a rematch of her 2004 semi final bout with hometown favorite Xue Tan (CHN). Tan won the silver medal in 2004, losing to [...]
Women’s Foil and Men’s Epee Champions Crowned
Valentina Vezzali continued her domination of the Women’s Foil circuit with another Gold medal, beating Sylwia Gruchala of Poland 15-10. In Men’s Epee, 2002 Silver Medalist Fabrice Jeannet beat Ukraine’s Maksym Khvorost to win the gold medal. US Women’s Foilist Erinn Smart came in 11th and Men’s Epeeist Soren Thompson took 8th. [View the Women's [...]
Gruchala of Poland takes Women’s Foil Gold
In women’s foil competition, Polish sensation Sylwia Gruchala first defeated defending World Cup champion Valentina Vezzali of Italy and then French fencer Adeline Wuilleme to win her second World Cup gold in a row. The final score of the gold medal match was 15-11. Despite the 15-4 score, Vezzali, the world and Olympic champion, refused [...]
2000 Olympics – Men’s Epee Individual – Tournament Bracket
Pavel Kolobkov (RUS) wins the Olympic Gold Medal in Men’s Epee at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
