Fencing FIE World Championships 2023

[Gianlu33 5,280]

Italian triple, again 

Unbelievable, and I totally missed all the action

 

Luckily I back home for the finals..

[AsensioWillemsen 174]

Volpi!!! Really happy with that one.

[Vektor 3,326]

KOCH!!! We might be cursed in men's epee at the Games with the two final losses in a row, but not at the Worlds. We now have one former and one reigning World Champions in our men's epee team. Boys, please, don't mess up the team qualification. 

[phelps 8,292]

just watched the men's epee final...

 

and nothing...congrats to Koch for both the fair play and the deserved gold medal 

[phelps 8,292]

women's Individual Foil

 

Gold:  Alice Volpi

Silver:  Arianna Errigo

Bronze:  Martina Favaretto &  Lee Kiefer

 

Semifinals

 

Errigo b. Favaretto  15-10

Volpi b. Kiefer  15-13

 

Gold Medal Match

 

Volpi b. Errigo  15-10

 

Full Ranking & Results

https://www.fencingworldwide.com/en/2979-2022/results/

[phelps 8,292]

men's Individual Epee

 

Gold:  Mate Tamas Koch

Silver:  Davide Di Veroli

Bronze:  Romain Cannone &  Ruslan Kurbanov

 

Semifinals

 

Di Veroli b. Cannone  15-5

Koch b. Kurbanov  15-11

 

Gold Medal Match

 

Koch b. Di Veroli  14-10

 

Full Ranking & Results

https://www.fencingworldwide.com/en/2980-2022/results/

[Illya 585]

On 7/24/2023 at 5:15 PM, phelps said:

noooooo   

 

and this also fucks my prediction contest off  

I have some good news for you - Ukrainian boycott was cancelled so it is a huge posdibility that we will see Kharlan tomorrow

[phelps 8,292]

14 minutes ago, Illya said:

I have some good news for you - Ukrainian boycott was cancelled so it is a huge posdibility that we will see Kharlan tomorrow

I really hope she can be on the piste tomorrow 

 

she deserves to qualify to the Olympics, even if the team fails (of course I wish them to qualify, but in case it doesn't happen, Kharlan needs a plan B)

[Vektor 3,326]

Not to take away from the individual competitions, but the most important part starts tomorrow with the first rounds of the team events.

 

Here are the brackets...

 

Men's sabre (34 teams)

 

 v  /   ||   v

 v  / [ BYE ] ||   v

 

 v  / [ BYE ] ||   v

 v  / [ BYE ] ||   v

 

 v  / [ BYE ] ||   v

 v  / [ BYE ] ||   v

 

 v  / [ BYE ] ||   v

 v  /   ||   v

 

Women's epee (36 teams)

 

 v  /   ||   v

 v  / [ BYE ] ||   v

 

 v  / [ BYE ] ||   v

 v  /   ||   v

 

 v  /   ||   v

 v  / [ BYE ] ||   v

 

 v  / [ BYE ] ||   v

 v  /   ||   v  

 

Very important match between Egypt and Brazil early on in women's epee. If Egypt wins that match, they will almost certainly qualify to Paris. Hungary v Ukraine in the R16 can have lasting impact on the European quota. 

[Vektor 3,326]

Btw, here's an interesting stat:

 

 Géza Imre won men's epee at the 2015 Worlds and then lost the 2016 SOG final

 

 Gergely Siklósi won men's epee at the 2019 Worlds and then lost the 2020 SOG final

 

 Máté Koch won men's epee at the 2023 Worlds and then...

 

 

And  Krisztián Kulcsár also won men's epee at the Worlds before the Beijing Olympics. He flopped in Beijing, just like the rest of our team in that catastrophic Games.

 

 

4 out of the last 5 men's epee WCh competitions before the Games were won by Hungarians. 

 

We haven't won men's epee at the Games since 1972...

 

Maybe this is how we are paying for the three consecutive Szilágyi gold medals. 

 

I find the most cursed stats even when we win. 

Edited July 26, 2023 by Vektor