Romania and Italy top Euros in Women’s Epee & Men’s Sabre
Romania and Italy sit at the top of the European zone in Women’s Epee and Men’s Sabre for team selection for the 2012 Olympics following gold medal performances to conclude the 2011 European Championships. Women’s Team Epee The Romanian Women’s epee team cruised to victory over Russia to take the 2011 European Championship title in [...]
Italy Protests China Victory in Men’s Team Foil
Italy lodged a protest with the FIE over on-strip celebrations by the Chinese men’s foil team at the conclusion of the gold medal match on Thursday. As Sheng Lei scored the 45th touch that put China up 45-43, the Chinese team jumped up on the strip to celebrate, apparently before the referee had officially awarded [...]
Sheng Lei Rallies – China Wins Men’s Team Foil
China showed that they not only have the skill, but the mental fortitude to defeat the world’s best as they came from a 7 point deficit to defeat Italy 45-43 for the Men’s Team Foil World Championship. The Italian team of Andrea Baldini, Andrea Cassara and Valerio Aspromonte started out slowly against the Chinese team [...]
Youth Olympic Games – Day 3
Photos: Alexander Massialas took silver and Katharine Holmes 4th place for the United States at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. All photos in this featured gallery from Serge Timacheff – FencingPhotos.com
Photos: Youth Olympic Games Day 2
Men’s Epee and Women’s Sabre are featured in the second day of fencing at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. The following photos were taken by Serge Timacheff of FencingPhotos.com. Full galleries will be available in one to two weeks after the conclusion of the event. Celina Merza (USA) took the silver medal in the Women’s [...]
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. [...]
Morehouse and Homer lead US in Men’s Sabre
Two top-8 finishes by US fencers will move them up in the FIE rankings, but Tim Morehouse and Daryl Homer fell short in their bid to win world cup medals on home turf in the men’s sabre event.
Vezzali wins Cuba Women’s Foil
Valentina Vezzali (ITA) defeated Errigo (ITA) in the finals to win the women’s foil world cup in Havana, Cuba.
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 [...]
2010 Junior Men’s Team Foil Gold Medal Match
This is the full video (over 50 minutes!) of the gold medal match at the 2010 Junior World Championships for Men’s Team Foil. This match pits the United States against Italy in what ends up being an entertaining match to watch.
