Fencing FIE World Cup 2019 - 2020

[phelps 8,386]

55 minutes ago, Cobi said:

 

Do you think Spain will be able to qualify at least one fencer? We already missed London and Rio and it would be quite disappointing to miss the Olympics for 3rd time in a row, but European spots are really difficult to achieve without having a top team.

 

if all 4 top european teams qualify the whole package, then Carlos Llavador in men's Foil should be one of the individual qualifiers (at the moment, he and Kruse are surely the best fencers in our continent outside ITA, FRA, RUS and GER)...

 

then, there are a couple of big "if"...

 

Yulen Pereira has the chance to achieve the qualification in men's Epee, but here the contenders are so many and especially in this weapon it's everything so close that you can never be sure to end up on top of any tournament...

 

and finally, I wouldn't call the women's sabre specialists out before the end of the qualification race...if all the top European teams/fencers qualify earlier, then at the final tournament, one of them could grab an Olympic spot with a bit of luck...

 

at the same time, I don't see any chance for any team, even the men's epee (despite some good results in the recent past, there are too few places available and too many very good teams already ahead of them)...

Edited October 30, 2019 by phelps

[Dunadan 1,103]

Women's epee in Tallinn:

 

Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/9B2D0DEEE54343CE904FE1F0F81F2C81#today

 

Streaming (Saturday and Sunday): https://fie.org/live

[phelps 8,386]

here we go...first women's epee event of the year...and first Italian shameful disaster...

 

especially the 4 members of the team who are racing for the Olympic qualification...2 out in the preliminary stages, 2 out in the round of 64 of the main draw...

 

p.s. and also my beloved reigning world champion Nathalie Moellhausen didn't do any better...she lost to an unknown Ukranian (Yuliya Svystil) also in the round of 64...

her Italian heritage probably did the damage...

[AlFHg 330]

Just now, phelps said:

here we go...first women's epee event of the year...and first Italian shameful disaster...

 

especially the 4 members of the team who are racing for the Olympic qualification...2 out in the preliminary stages, 2 out in the round of 64 of the main draw...

 

p.s. and also my beloved reigning world champion Nathalie Moellhausen didn't do any better...she lost to an unknown Ukranian (Yuliya Svystil) also in the round of 64...

her Italian heritage probably did the damage...

it is such a bad day that even athletes with an Italian origin did bad 

[phelps 8,386]

Women's Individual Epee (Tallinn, EST)

 

Final Results

 

Gold: Ana Maria Popescu

Silver: Violetta Kolobova

Bronze: Sun Yiwen & Zhu Mingye

 

Semifinals:

Popescu b. Sun 15-14

Kolobova b. Zhu 15-8

 

Gold Medal Match:

Popescu b. Kolobova 15-13

  

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

https://fie.org/competitions/2020/80

 

Edited November 3, 2019 by phelps

[phelps 8,386]

Women's Team Epee (Tallinn, EST)

 

Final Results

 

Gold: Poland

Silver: Russia

Bronze: United States

 

Semifinals:

Russia b. USA 45-29

Poland b. China 39-28

 

Bronze Medal Match:

USA b. China 43-35

 

Gold Medal Match:

Poland b. Russia 45-44

  

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

https://fie.org/competitions/2020/751?tab=results

Edited November 4, 2019 by phelps

[phelps 8,386]

I refuse to go on watching those bunch of *** of the Italian women's Epee team...

 

they are the real shame of our fencing!

 

I still have to realize how they could even get the results they got in the recent past, because those girls just can't fence...they are a disaster under any point of view, technical, tactical and mental...I'm so fu**in' disappointed with them (to say the least)...

[heywoodu 16,140]

2 minutes ago, phelps said:

I refuse to go on watching those bunch of *** of the Italian women's Epee team...

 

they are the real shame of our fencing!

 

I still have to realize how they could even get the results they got in the recent past, because those girls just can't fence...they are a disaster under any point of view, technical, tactical and mental...I'm so fu**in' disappointed with them (to say the least)...

They finished 120th or something?

[phelps 8,386]

Just now, heywoodu said:

They finished 120th or something?

 

no, they are playing for 5th-8th place (which combined with the other direct rivals' results might prove a disaster in any case, especially if Estonia finish ahead of us)...

 

but I watched the quarterfinal match against Poland and I got so angry because of how they lost (so badly) that I just wanted to express all of my disgust for that performance (and for the many underperforming results they are summin' up also in the individual events in the last 2 seasons)...

[heywoodu 16,140]

Just now, phelps said:

 

no, they are playing for 5th-8th place (which combined with the other direct rivals' results might prove a disaster in any case, especially if Estonia finish ahead of us)...

 

but I watched the quarterfinal match against Poland and I got so angry because of how they lost (so badly) that I just wanted to express all of my disgust for that performance (and for the many underperforming results they are summin' up also in the individual events in the last 2 seasons)...

But come on, 'they just can't fence' for a team that's in the top-8 of the world I guess...