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. [...]
American Saber Fencers Advance, Foil Fencers Await
This comes via Nicolas Oliver, the USOC press liason here in New York for the world cup: NEW YORK, N.Y. – U.S. saber fencers advanced in a variety of ways at the FIE World Cup in the Marriott Brooklyn Bridge. The top-ranked Americans didn’t have to step on the strip today. Others had to battle [...]
Mariel Zagunis wins in Tianjin
Mariel Zagunis (left) in action at the 2009 World Championship. Photo S.Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com Mariel Zagunis (USA, left) won another round in her rivalry with Ukrainian sabre sensation Olga Kharlan by taking the win against Kharlan 15-13 in the gold medal bout of the Tianjin Women’s Sabre Grand Prix event in Tianjin, China. Zagunis remains firmly entrenched [...]
Kharlan defeats Velikaia in Moscow Grand Prix
Olga Kharlan faces off against Sophia Velikaia in the finals of the 2009 Moscow Women’s Sabre Grand Prix.
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 [...]
