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and as expected, another tragic day for the Italian epee specialists...after the boys, also the girls had an awful day, with no one of them being able to go beyond the round of 16 (and I only forgive Fiamingo for that, since she at least first won the Olympic final re-match against Szasz, but after that, she lost to Popescu, not the weakest fencer at the start today)... p.s. 3 Estonian girls in the semis... now let's see how the sabre guys go...but the start is not promising (Berrè and Curatoli are set to face each other in the early rounds and Montano already lost to Deary, GBR in round #1...and finally, Samele will face Hartung, GER -no.1 of the table draw- in the round of 16)...

Men's Individual Sabre Final Results: Gold: Max Hartung (GER) Silver: Kamil Ibragimov (RUS) Bronze: Dmitriy Danilenko (RUS) & Sandro Bazadze (GEO) Semifinals: Hartung b. Bazadze 15-14 Ibragimov b. Danilenko 15-9 Gold Medal Match: Hartung b. Ibragimov 15-12 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/6CDCDFCF626A483EB28F4C35DDF6FA4E

Women's Individual Epee Final Results: Gold: Katrina Lehis (EST) Silver: Kristina Kuusk (EST) Bronze: Julia Beljajeva (EST) & Violetta Kolobova (RUS) Semifinals: Kuusk b. Beljajeva 15-7 Lehis b. Kolobova 14-13 Gold Medal Match: Lehis b. Kuusk 15-14 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/738/results/rank

he can't even wash the shoes of super-Mario...

c'mon, man! the re-match of the Olympic final (between Szasz, HUN and Fiamingo, ITA...2 of the most decorated epee specialists of the last 10 years) in the round of 32... and Fiamingo (who won this time, after trying to waste a 14-12 lead) now has to face the former no.1 in the world, Ana Maria Popescu (Branza) from Romania in the next round... p.s. not that she's ever been the slim kind of girl, but nowadays Szasz looks really overweight...she doesn't look a professional athlete at all... only her immense class allows her to compete at this level...

Women's Individual Foil Final Results: Gold: Komaki Kikuchi (JPN) Silver: Jeon Hee Sook (KOR) Bronze: Fu Yiting (CHN) & Nam Hyun Hee (KOR) Semifinals: Kikuchi b. Nam 15-14 Jeon b. Fu 7-6 Gold Medal Match: Kikuchi b. Jeon 15-10 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/1014/results/rank

Men's Individual Epee Final Results: Gold: Jung Jin Sun (KOR) Silver: Dmitriy Alexanin (KAZ) Bronze: Fong Hoi Sun (HKG) & Koki Kano (JPN) Semifinals: Jung b. Fong 15-11 Alexanin b. Kano 12-6 Gold Medal Match: Jung b. Alexanin 15-12 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/1010/results/rank

in the men's epee Park Sang Young lost to Fong Hoi Sun of Hong Kong in the round of 16!!!!!

Men's Individual Sabre Final Results: Gold: Eli Dershwitz (USA) Silver: Shaul Gordon (CAN) Bronze: Andrew Mackiewicz (USA) & Daryl Homer (USA) Semifinals: Dershwitz b. Homer 15-8 Gordon b. Mackiewicz 15-10 Gold Medal Match: Dershwitz b. Gordon 15-9 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Yesterday's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/802/results/rank

Women's Individual Foil Final Results: Gold: Lee Kiefer (USA) Silver: Kelleigh Ryan (CAN) Bronze: Nicole Ross (USA) & Nzingha Prescod (USA) Semifinals: Kiefer b. Prescod 15-14 Ryan b. Ross 14-5 Gold Medal Match: Kiefer b. Ryan 15-12 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Yesterday's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/800/results/rank

beh, le ragazze almeno hanno riscattato la giornata nera al maschile... comunque altra giornata "controversa" anche agli Europei di Scherma...sono sì arrivate altre 2 medaglie (un argento e un bronzo), ma vedere il fioretto donne senza oro fa sempre male (anche se, come detto nell'altro thread, ormai la Deriglazova è la nuova padrona dell'arma e vincere contro di lei nei prossimi anni sarà molto, molto difficile)... senza contare che, così come le donne della sciabola ieri, anche gli uomini della spada oggi hanno confermato il momento nerissimo della specialità (nella sciabola donne almeno la squadra sta andando bene, ma nella spada uomini anche lì siamo un disastro ultimamente)... mah... vediamo come andrà domani con sciabola uomini e spada donne (non che mi aspetti molto, a dire il vero)...

watching this Swiss team and realizing that they're playing this tournament meanwhile Italy are back home in front of their TV screens, is depressing as hell... I have a mixed feeling of sadness and disgust that's really difficult to explain... p.s. not that watching France, Argentina and Germany made me think that we don't deserve to be among the participants of this world cup... p.p.s. and the kiss of death strikes again... Switzerland has just tied the game...

This was obvious... now we have to accept the fact that Deriglazova at the moment is the the clear number #1 in this discipline, the new queen of foil... we don't have anymore the talent (and not even the depth) we used to have... we have to enjoy each and every medal (silver and bronze, too) like a great result, as it is (and it's always been) in the other weapons... women's foil is no longer our Gold medals factory...and sooner we understand that, earlier we would have the chance to restart from the beginning and maybe get back where we were...but it will take a lot of time (and for sure it won't happen with the current generations)... in this frame, I still hope in 1 or 2 "lucky single shots" (possibly at the Olympics) by Errigo and/or Di Francisca (if she can get back to her best shape, sooner or later)...

Errigo & Volpi easily through to the semis... I hope Synoradzka can avoid the usual ITA vs RUS share of medals...

well, in Fencing there's always a chance for teenagers to shine among the senior ranks, since tactics and technique are predominant on the simple physical strenght... she's very promising...but she's not the first girl of that age to win international senior medals...

the live scoring website is back...so, I've fixed all the news about today's events (see posts above)...

Women's Individual Foil Final Results: Gold: Inna Deriglazova (RUS) Silver: Arianna Errigo (ITA) Bronze: Alice Volpi (ITA) & Martyna Synoradzka (POL) Semifinals: Deriglazova b. Synoradzka 10-4 Errigo b. Volpi 15-8 Gold Medal Match: Deriglazova b. Errigo 15-9 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/740/results/rank

Men's Individual Epee Final Results: Gold: Yannick Borel (FRA) Silver: Nikolai Novosjolov (EST) Bronze: Bogdan Nikishin (UKR) & Richard Schmidt (GER) Semifinals: Novosjolov b. Nikishin 10-9 Borel b. Schmidt 15-10 Gold Medal Match: Borel b. Novosjolov 15-14 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/739/results/rank

Sauer (GER), Kreiss (HUN), Synoradzka (POL) and (currently) "her majesty, the queen of foil" Inna Deriglazova (RUS) are the last 4 girls qualified to the quarterfinals of the women's individual Foil... pairings are Volpi vs Kreiss, Errigo vs Sauer, Synoradzka vs Martyanova and Deriglazova vs Guyart in the semis, we'll have the winner of Synoradzka vs Martyanova against the winner of Deriglazova vs Guyart and the winner of Volpi vs Kreiss against the winner of Errigo vs Sauer... p.s. by the way, Deriglazova didn't look that brilliant so far...she's been lucky she hasn't faced a really tough opponent until now... but I'm sure that she'll change gear in the following rounds...

meanwhile Yannick Borel (FRA), Nikolai Novosjolov (EST), Richard Schmidt (GER) and Bogdan Nikishin (UKR) are the 4 guys qualified to the semifinals of the men's individual Epee (and therefore they are also the medallists in this competition)... I don't remember right now who's gonna face who in the semifinals...but I'm sure that Novosjolov and Borel are at the extreme opposite of the table draw (so they won't face themselves in the semis)...

Volpi, Errigo (both ITA), Martyanova (RUS) and Guyart (FRA) are the first 4 fencers qualified to the quarterfinals of the women's individual Foil...

day 1 ends with the surprising Gold medal won by HKG in the men's Foil... disappointing day for Japan more than anything...

Mancini...

no, if they don't fix the problems with the live scoring website...

and the streaming has gone crazy... now with the girls...and no names on some pistes and a completely wrong "table of 8" in others...