Fencing FIE World Championships 2018

[phelps 7,688]

by the way, at the end of the day we have 2 surprising winners, Foconi and Pozdniakova and even more surprising medallists like Stone, Llavador and Heo...

 

Italy remains on top of the world's foil and Russia saved the face after 5 below-par competitions...

 

and finally, I want to remark how it looks we are back to the 20th Century, with that shameful 30-min delay of the streaming, which makes it impossible to appreciate (especially if you also look at live score)...

stop organizing global sport events in China!!!

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But no gold for my favorite fencer Only silver for Velikaya.

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11 hours ago, phelps said:

men's team sabre

 

South Korea vs France

Georgia vs Iran

Hungary vs Germany

Italy vs Russia

 

looks like a golden chance for Iran to enter the semifinal. even though Georgia is no easy after beating USA but still Iran will be favorite here. even though they still have to beat one "big team" for a medal which is unlikely but even a 4th place will be good.

 

btw Iran actually has 4 sabre fencers there. so the question is why Rahbari didn't participate in individual event ?! another possible Israel draw maybe

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and Iran lost to Georgia ! this reminds me of losing to China in Asian Champs final which was another "Golden opportunity" . it seems our Sabre team is not "good" anymore. they didn't lose to average teams like Georgia and China for 3-4 years and now they are losing twice in a row.

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women's team epee quarterfinals

 

China b. Germany 45-36

South Korea b. France 45-40

Russia b. Poland 38-37

United States b. Estonia 24-23

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men's team sabre quarterfinals

 

South Korea b. France 45-38

Georgia b. Iran 45-37

Hungary b. Germany 45-43

Italy b. Russia 45-31

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Women's Team Epee

 

Final Results:

 

Gold: United States

Silver: South Korea

Bronze: China

 

Semifinals:

South Korea b. China 25-21

USA b. Russia 27-25

 

Bronze Medal Match:

China b. Russia 45-42

 

Gold Medal Match:

USA b. South Korea 18-17

 

Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition:

http://fie.org/competitions/2018/247/results/rank

Edited July 25, 2018 by phelps

[phelps 7,688]

Men's Team Sabre

 

Final Results:

 

Gold: South Korea

Silver: Italy

Bronze: Hungary

 

Semifinals:

South Korea b. Georgia 45-34

Italy b. Hungary 45-42

 

Bronze Medal Match:

Hungary b. Georgia 45-36

 

Gold Medal Match:

South Korea b. Italy 45-39

 

Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition:

http://fie.org/competitions/2018/252/results/rank

 

Edited July 26, 2018 by phelps

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day #4 and final no. 4 (5th medal overall)...just an ordinary day at the office for Italy...

 

no, today it wasn't an ordinary day...with all the pressure on their shoulders, our sabre guys did something really remarkable...first, they literally destroyed Russia (and just that wasn't expected, and especially not by this margin), then they took care of the hungry and angry Hungarians, so far the most disappointing fencing powerhouse at these world champs...

 

so, our guys made up for both the disappointing performance in their own individual competition and also for the shameful absence of the epee girls from the top 8 tableau (they ended up in 9th place at the end)...

 

now it's gonna need a miracle to beat the mighty Koreans, who seem to be in the shape of their life (as the whole team, since also the epee girls from Korea surprisingly reached the Gold Medal match earlier today), but still we can say this was a positive day for us, in any case...

Edited July 25, 2018 by phelps

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in the meantime, also the men's team epee and the women's team foil have reach the quarterfinals stage, which will follow tomorrow...

and Italy will be there in both events, thanks to a lucky, very lucky ending of the assault against Spain in the last 16, when first we wasted a 4 hit-lead in the final seconds of regulation, but then we won in the OT (by the way, it all happened because of our usual suicidal tactics of "killing" all the early assaults and rely only on the last one )...

 

men's team epee quarterfinals

 

France vs United States

Switzerland vs Italy

South Korea vs Hungary

Russia vs China

 

women's team foil quarterfinals

 

Italy vs Japan

France vs Germany

United States vs Canada

Russia vs South Korea

Edited July 25, 2018 by phelps