Seth Kelsey  Photo A.Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com
Seth Kelsey won the Challenge Australia.  Photo A.Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com

Seth Kelsey (USA) improved into the top-16 in the FIE World Rankings with the world cup victory at the Challenge Australia this past weekend.

Kelsey won his last three direct elimination bouts by one touch each – defeating Great Britain’s Jonathan Willis 5-4 in the quarter finals, Tigran Bajgoric (CAN) 13-12 in the semi-finals, and finally Keisuke Sakamoto (JPN) 11-10 for the gold medal.


US fencers made a strong showing, with 4 fencers in the top 16.  Joining Kelsey were Cody Mattern (9th), Travis Exum (11th), and Jimmy Moody (15th).  Also fencing for the US were Eric Hansen (20th), Keith Lichten (21st), and Bobby Cottam (26th).

The FIE Men’s Epee circuit heads next to the Americas where the next 4 world cup events will be in Canada, Puerto Rico, Columbia, and Argentina.  Fencers are able to count the best three events in each zone (Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe) towards their FIE world ranking.  Having the last 4 events close to home allows the US fencers a better choice of events to improve their world rankings prior to the Pan American zonal championships and the World Championships, to be held in Paris, France this November.

Direct Elimination table (Hosted at the FIE site):click to download

Final Results:

Rank   Name   Nationality  
1KELSEY Weston USA 
2SAKAMOTO Keisuke JPN 
3BAJGORIC Tigran CAN 
3VIDEIRA Joaquim POR 
5BOISVERT-SIMARD Hugues CAN 
6HEINZER Max SUI 
7WILLIS Jonathan GBR 
8UEHARA Koshiro JPN 
9MATTERN Cody USA 
10STEFFEN Benjamin SUI 
11EXUM Travis USA 
12MINOBE Kazuyasu JPN 
13TSUI Yiu Chung HKG 
14ROUILLAUX Jerome FRA 
15MOODY Jimmy USA 
16LEWIS James AUS 
17NISHIDA Shogo JPN 
18LAU Kam Tan HKG 
19AUSTEN Ross AUS 
20HANSEN Eric USA 
21LICHTEN Keith USA 
22DOWNES John AUS 
23OKU Yu JPN 
24DAVIES Nicholas AUS 
25HIRANO Yoshiki JPN 
26COTTAM Bobby USA 
27CARTILLIER Luc AUS 
28DOLLEY William AUS 
29LEWITH Richard AUS 
30MACDONALD Kyle NZL 
31LIM Wei Wen SIN 
32LAU Lai Chuen HKG 
33PETRICIC Martin CRO 
34DI MAGGIO Nicolas SUI 
35CASAGRANDE Zaccaria AUS 
36FENWICK Andrew IRL 
37MAEDA Yusuke JPN 
38SHELLEY Jeremy AUS 
39TOUYET Nicolas FRA 
40DE SEPIBUS Severin SUI 
41JAMROZY Marek AUS 
42RADFORD Kristian AUS 
43LEE Samson Mun Hou SIN 
44MANSFIELD Luke AUS 
44HAGIWARA Hiroki JPN 
46HICKS Xavier AUS 
47REID Shannon AUS 
48BISHOP William NZL 
49SESUN Andreas NZL 
50GRONCKI Roy AUS 
51BLACKMAN Samuel AUS 
52LEUNG Ka Ming HKG 
53ARNOLD Scott AUS 
54PESMAN Marcus AUS 
55WU Siu Cheung HKG 
56WONG Chun Sing HKG 
57BEWSHER Justin AUS 
58CLARKE Reagan AUS 
59EMMANUEL Suresh AUS 
60WILCOCK Benjamin AUS 
61SUMMERFIELD Simon AUS 
62SNELL Robert AUS 
63JAVENS Stephen AUS 
63LOVELL Alexander AUS 
65HUNTER Alexander AUS 
66NELSON Michael AUS 
67HARGREAVES Oscar AUS 
68FAIRWEATHER Duncan AUS 
69MIHAILESCU Cosmin AUS 
70SAW Adrian NZL 
71ROBSON Daniel AUS 

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