3 US fencers make the top-8.

Dagmara Woznika (USA), Irene Vecci (ITA), Olga Khomrova (UKR) and Daria Schneider (USA)

Dagmara Wozniak led all US fencers with a 2nd place finish at the Challenge Yes Brasseur women’s sabre world cup in Gand, Belgium.  In the final bout Irene Vecchi (ITA) defeated Wozniak 15-12.  The bout was close, with ties at 3-3 all the way to 6-6.  At 11-11 Vecci put together a 3-0 run to go up 14-11 and won 15-12.

Vecci also defeated Daria Schneider 15-8 in the semi-finals.  Schneider shared 3rd place with Olena Khomrova (UKR).  Khomrova lost in the semi-finals to Wozniak 15-13.

Also making the top-8 was Ibtihaj Muhammad.  Muhammad started the day as the 12th seed and won a close match to Iryna Kravchuk (UKR) 15-14.  She then advanced through the table with victories over Mary Solenne (FRA) 15-11 and Katarzyna Kedziora (POL) 15-13.  In the top-8 Muhammad faced Vecchi and lost the bout 15-13.

Mariel Zagunis entered as the #1 seed and defeated Sabina Mikina (AZE) 15-11 and then lost her top-32 bout to Vassiliki Vougiouka (GRE) 15-6.  Zagunis took 17th.

Along the way to her top-4 finish, Daria Schneider started the day upsetting the #8 seed Ilaria Bianco (ITA) 15-10.  She then defeated Aleksandra Socha (POL) to make the top-8 where she avenged the Zagunis loss by eliminating Vougiouka.

Dagmara Wozniak also strung together some good early wins with a 15-8 victory over 2010 World Champion Silver Medalist Olga Kharlan (UKR).

The women will compete again tomorrow in the team event.

Final Results – Top 8 Gand Women’s Sabre World Cup

Rg Nom Prénom Nation Club
1VECCHIIreneITA
2WOZNIAKDagmaraUSA
3KHOMROVAOlenaUKR
3SCHNEIDERDariaUSA
5VELIKAIASophiaRUS
6MUHAMMADIbtihajUSA
7MARZOCCAGioiaITA
8VOUGIOUKAVassilikiGRE

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