phelps 7,210 Posted December 25, 2018 #1 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,638 Posted February 5, 2019 #2 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Aleksandra Shelton (nee Socha) wants to represent at the 2020 OG after getting married to her US boyfriend lately. Apparently our Fed asked the US to pay 43k Euros for the so-called tutelage over the years but US said they don't have such funds so this may drag for a while Socha is a bit past-prime these days but maybe US fencing is having a dire period? Sabre used to be their best event IIRC? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandra_Socha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col_Frost 179 Posted February 5, 2019 #3 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Didn't she start already for USA at last WC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,638 Posted February 5, 2019 #4 Share Posted February 5, 2019 IOC rules are different though. Remember Kipketer winning WCh for Denmark but missing 1996 OG? Col_Frost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,210 Posted February 5, 2019 Author #5 Share Posted February 5, 2019 1 ora fa, Col_Frost ha scritto: Didn't she start already for USA at last WC? IOC rules are a lot stricter than National federations'... normally, athletes can change Nationality already after 6 months/1 year (if not even earlier, think about the new Wrestling rules) with the new team... meanwhile the IOC requires 3 years from the last appearance with the former team, unless there is the explicit permission of the old federation directly given to the new one... and usually this comes down to money (with only a few Nations that regularly deny any permission until the 3 years have gone by...nowadays not even Cuba is as tough as they once were)... Col_Frost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,578 Posted March 17, 2019 #6 Share Posted March 17, 2019 For no particular reason, who are the best foil fencers? “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,210 Posted March 17, 2019 Author #7 Share Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said: For no particular reason, who are the best foil fencers? in the men's division, right now, Italians and Americans (Race Imboden being probably the most talented foilist of the entire circuit)... second row, France and Russia... lone stars, Richard Kruse and occasionally, some Chinese and/or Korean... in the women's division, Russians (Inna Deriglazova is definitely the "queen of foil") and Italians... second row, USA and France... other girls worth to be mentioned, Ines Boubakri, Leonie Ebert, the usual suspects from Korea and above all, the rising star from Japan, Yuka Ueno... also to be followed, the 13-year young sensation from Canada, Jessica Guo (Zi), already capable of a top 8 in a senior world cup stage... anybody outside those names making the podium of a world cup/world champs competition, it should be called a surprise... Edited March 17, 2019 by phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,578 Posted March 17, 2019 #8 Share Posted March 17, 2019 17 minutes ago, phelps said: in the men's division, right now, Italians and Americans (Race Imboden being probably the most talented foilist of the entire circuit)... second row, France and Russia... lone stars, Richard Kruse and occasionally, some Chinese and/or Korean... in the women's division, Russians (Inna Deriglazova is definitely the "queen of foil") and Italians... second row, USA and France... other girls worth to be mentioned, Ines Boubakri, Leonie Ebert, the usual suspects from Korea and above all, the rising star from Japan, Yuka Ueno... also to be followed, the 13-year young sensation from Canada, Jessica Guo (Zi), already capable of a top 8 in a senior world cup stage... anybody outside those names making the podium of a world cup/world champs competition, it should be called a surprise... How are Adeline Zagidullina and Mary Dvorkin because they’re the first athletes I’m filming “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,210 Posted March 17, 2019 Author #9 Share Posted March 17, 2019 23 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said: How are Adeline Zagidullina and Mary Dvorkin because they’re the first athletes I’m filming Dvorkin unfortunately is not so good...she's ranked 130 in the world, but probably she's not even that "not good"... Zagidullina is a good athlete...on a given day, she could even make the podium or get close to it, but normally she's the 3rd/4th (more 4th than 3rd) Russian girl, for sure not in the same class of the Deriglazovas and Korobeyinikovas)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,578 Posted March 17, 2019 #10 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Just watched Boubarkri get upset by an Israeli . Dvorkin fell apart after leading “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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