Fencing FIE World Championships 2019

[phelps 7,678]

however, Berrè wasted a big chance against a not unstoppable Dolniceanu (and he definitely can't blame anybody other than himself), meanwhile Samele survived a tough battle against Danilenko...

 

right now, Curatoli has a big margin over Rahbari...

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and it's over...easy win for our no.1...

 

so we have 2 guys left in the competition...but now it's when things get difficult...

[phelps 7,678]

well, actually Curatoli has the chance of his life...now he has to face Sandro Bazadze, then the winner of Gordon vs Yoshida...

 

if he misses out on a medal today, he should be kicked off from Budapest to Naples...

 

in the meantime, the Korean armada already lost 2 of their men...Ha Han Sol and Kim Junho are out...

[Vektor 3,326]

Szatmári kinda saves the day for us so far, we still have 2 in Saber. It will be hard to get that individual medal in Saber after Szilágyi's early defeat that I think many expected from our athletes here. 

[MHSN 3,621]

only Abedini left for Round of 16 and it will be very hard for him vs Ibragimov.

 

with Szilagyi and Homer out, it was like a dream draw for Pakdaman but he lost it in first round. he is not doing good recently. Rahbari had a good start but then once against he froze at some point in the match against Curatoli giving up 9 points in a row. Fotouhi also lost a 13-11 lead to Anstett.

 

I know they are more focused on the team event, where they most probably will face China in Round of 16 which is something like a direct Olympic qualification match. but still the individual results also matter a lot. both Abedini and Pakdaman are now out of top 16 in the World.

[Gianlu33 4,574]

Popescu is already eliminated in the round of 16...

[MHSN 3,621]

Brazil vs Luxembourg  in quarterfinal. it will be first ever WCh medal for either country

[Vektor 3,326]

Only two Europeans in the Women's Epee QFs, and one of them is from Luxembourg. Edit: Three, not two. 

Edited July 18, 2019 by Vektor

[OlympicsFan 858]

The girl from Luxembourg is having a once in a century competition for her standards, but Ndolo still wasted a huge chance here. With a medal she could have made a huge step towards Tokyo, but now she will almost need a miracle to qualify. The part between 7:8 and 9:13 was some of the worst fencing i have ever seen, she looked completely clueless against an opponent who looks like a hobby atlete (easily 20 pounds overweight).

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1 hour ago, MHSN said:

only Abedini left for Round of 16 and it will be very hard for him vs Ibragimov.

 

with Szilagyi and Homer out, it was like a dream draw for Pakdaman but he lost it in first round. he is not doing good recently. Rahbari had a good start but then once against he froze at some point in the match against Curatoli giving up 9 points in a row. Fotouhi also lost a 13-11 lead to Anstett.

 

I know they are more focused on the team event, where they most probably will face China in Round of 16 which is something like a direct Olympic qualification match. but still the individual results also matter a lot. both Abedini and Pakdaman are now out of top 16 in the World.

 

Abedini did it! he won 15-9 against Ibragimov and he's in the top 8...