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Update from the elimination rounds. 

 

Men's Epee

Tristan Lumineau has made it through to the last 16 pretty comfortably winning both of his matches 15-8. He'll take on 17th seed  Odinn Bindas later this afternoon. 

Cador Beautyman got through to the round of 64 before losing out to 21st seed  Riccardo Cedrone. He will finish in 47th place. 

Cheney Zhu put in a couple of great performances in the elimination rounds - including taking out 4th seed  Nikita Gorin in the round of 64. Unfortunately, he came unstuck in the round of 32 against 29th seed  Alon Sarid. He finishes in 31st overall. 

 

Women's Foil

Amelie Tsang is still going strong, having reached the last 16. 

Megan Elliott got through to the round of 32 before falling to 13th seed  Gili Kuritzky. Her final ranking was 32nd overall.  

Zoe Wagstaff had a bye to the round of 64 but was defeated by 10th seed  Uliana-Dumitrita Josan. She finishes the competition in 55th place overall. 

Edited February 24 by Rafa Maciel

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 guaranteed 2 medals on day 1!

 

It's double bronze after Tristan Lumineau made it through to the semifinals of the men's epee. He fell 15-10 to 12th seed  Fedor Khaperskiy who went on to take the title. 

 

Amelie Tsang came so close to getting to the gold medal match having pulled it back to 14-14. 7th seed  Ludovica Franzoni just edged it 15-14. 

Edited February 24 by Rafa Maciel

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European Juniors Day 2

 

Women's Epee:

Harriet Hillier is the 40th seed 

Kseniya Kushtan is the 68th seed

Emma Mitzova is the 72nd seed 

Olivia Eadie is the 78th seed.

 

Hillier is in pool 10 alongside 10th seed  Gwendoline Laharotte, 21st seed  Oliwia Janeczek. The rest are all lower ranked at 51st, 70th and 99th seed 

Kushtan has been drawn in pool 8 alongside 8th seed  Eva Steffens, 23rd seed  Ceren Cebe, 38th seed  Laura Misiak with the rest of the pool being the 53rd, 83rd and 98th seeds.

Mitzova is in pool 12 along with 12th seed  Giulia Paulis the 19th seed  Lilana Cherchesova, and the 42nd, 49th, 79th and 102nd seeds

Eadie is in pool 13 with 13th seed  Louise Ulltjarn, 18th seed  Alina Dmytruk along with the 43rd, 48th, 74th and 103rd seeds. 

 

The top 78 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (26 fencers eliminated during pool round)

 

Men's Foil - (Our strongest discipline -  are the reigning European Junior Champions in the Team Event)

Callum Penman is the 6th seed

David Sosnov is the 8th seed

David Kelly is the 33rd seed

Mohammed Belbouab is the 49th seed

 

Penman is the top seed in pool 6. His highest ranked opponent will be 23rd seed  Denis Trestyanszki. The rest of the pool are the 34th, 79th, 62nd, 51st and 90th seed.

Sosnov is the top seed in pool 8. He'll face 21st seed  Henrik Barby. The rest of the pool are the 36th, 50th, 64th, 77th and 92nd seeds.  

Kelly is in pool 5 alongside 5th seed  Andor Zsogon and 24th seed  Max Kavecy. The rest of the pool are lower ranked - the 52nd, 61st, 81st, and 89th seeds.

Belbouab is in pool 7 alongside 7th seed  Rostislav Khamdamov, 22nd seed  Ran Traitel Crystal and 35th seed  Maxime Dubreuil. The rest of the pool are lower ranked - 63rd, 78th and 91st seed.  

 

 

The top 72 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (24 fencers eliminated during pool round)

 

 

Men's Sabre:

Eiger Swinscow is the 50th seed

Joe Evans is the 51st seed

John White is the 55th seed

Guy Lumsden is the 61st seed. 

 

Swinscow is in pool 2 along with 2nd seed  Leonardo Reale, 23rd seed  Poyraz Kumuk, 26th seed  Paul Rouviere, and the 46th, 71st and 74th seeds.  

Evans is in pool 3 with 3rd seed  Pavel Graudyn, 22nd seed  Stanimir Pelov, 27th seed  Daniel Berkeszi along with 47th, 70th, and 75th seeds. 

White in drawn in pool 6 against 6th seed  Edoardo Reale, 19th seed  Kiram Iarullin alongside 30th, 43rd, 67th and 78th seeds. 

Lumsden is in pool 12 with 12th seed  Casian Cidu, 13th seed  Zalan Szalai, 37th, 38th and 60th seed

 

The top 62 ranked fencers after the pool round will continue to the elimination rounds. (21 fencers eliminated during pool round)

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Day 2 update after completion of the pool round.

 

Women's Epee:

Emma Mitzova qualified for knockout stages in 49th place having won 3 of her 6 matches. Harriet Hillier also scored 3 wins in the pool stage and progressed in 55th place. Kseniya Kushtan only managed 2 wins but it was enough to progress in 67th place. 2 wins wasn't enough for Olivia Eadie to progress - she finished down in 85th place.

 

 

All three of the Brits bowed out of the competition in the round of 64. Emma Mitzova finishes up in 51st place, Harriet Hillier was 54th and Kseniya Kushtan was in tie for 60th. 

 

 

Men's Sabre:

The weakest set of results for  so far. Joe Evans could only win 1 of his pool matches whilst Guy Lumsden lost all 6 of his. Both were eliminated and finished well down the field - 74th and 80th respectively. 

 

John White and Eiger Swinsow scraped into the elimination round with 2 wins from 6. (They were ranked 60th and 61st and only 62 fencers progressed). In the elimination rounds, both were eliminated in the round of 64 although worth saying that White came pretty close to causing an upset against 5th seed  Iaroslav Borisov 15-14. In the final ranking. The final ranking of both was the same as their pool performance - 60th and 61st. 

 

 

Men's Foil 

As expected, all 4 of our fencers comfortably progressed to the elimination rounds. David Sosnov progressed in a tie for 3rd place having won all 6 of his opening pool matches. Callum Penman advanced as the 12th seed having won 5 matches. David Kelly also won 5 of his pool matches and progressed in a tie for 15th. Finally, Mohammed Belbouab scored 4 wins out of 6 and advances as the 25th seed.

 

At the time of writing, the elimination rounds are in progress. David Sosnov, Callum Penman and Mohammed Belbouab have made it through to the last 16 - Belbouab taking out the junior world number 7  Yahor Rabtsau in the process.

David Kelly is the first Brit to fall, losing out to  Rostislav Khamdamov 15-9. 

 

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Sosnov, Penman and Belbouab all safely through to the quarter finals. 

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2 more medals guaranteed in the men's foil - David Sosnov and Mohammed Belbouab both through to the semi finals. Callum Penman unfortunately fell to  Henrik Barby - it looked like he may have taken a bit of a knock to his hand in the early stages. 

 

Could be looking at an all  final if the semis work out for us. 

Edited February 25 by Rafa Maciel

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All  Final!! 

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Gold for David Sosnov and Silver for Mohammed Belbouab.

 

Takes us to 4 medals so far with good prospects for further success in the team events. 

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Looking ahead to tomorrow's team events - 

 

Men's Epee -  are the 7th seeds and will start off against 26th seed  in the round of 32. If they can get through that, they'll face either 23rd seed  or 10th seed  in the last 16 with possible quarterfinal against 2nd seed .  are the defending champions in this event. 

 

Women's Foil -  are the 7th seeds and have bye to the last 16 where they will take on 10th seed . Get through that and likely quarterfinal against 2nd seed  awaits. Worth saying that in the 2025 Championships,  took the bronze medal in this event. 

 

Women's Sabre -  are the 12th seed and have a bye to the last 16 where they will face 5th seed . If they can progress, then they'd have possible quarterfinal against 4th seed .

 

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No medals in the team events today. 

 

The men's epee team got passed  but lost to  in the last 16.

 

The women's foil team put up decent fight against , but it wasn't to be.

 

Finally, the women's sabre team were overpowered by .