phelps 6,536 Posted July 24, 2018 Author #121 Share Posted July 24, 2018 by the way, at the end of the day we have 2 surprising winners, Foconi and Pozdniakova and even more surprising medallists like Stone, Llavador and Heo... Italy remains on top of the world's foil and Russia saved the face after 5 below-par competitions... and finally, I want to remark how it looks we are back to the 20th Century, with that shameful 30-min delay of the streaming, which makes it impossible to appreciate (especially if you also look at live score)... stop organizing global sport events in China!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dareza 911 Posted July 24, 2018 #122 Share Posted July 24, 2018 But no gold for my favorite fencer Only silver for Velikaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,047 Posted July 24, 2018 #123 Share Posted July 24, 2018 11 hours ago, phelps said: men's team sabre South Korea vs France Georgia vs Iran Hungary vs Germany Italy vs Russia looks like a golden chance for Iran to enter the semifinal. even though Georgia is no easy after beating USA but still Iran will be favorite here. even though they still have to beat one "big team" for a medal which is unlikely but even a 4th place will be good. btw Iran actually has 4 sabre fencers there. so the question is why Rahbari didn't participate in individual event ?! another possible Israel draw maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,047 Posted July 25, 2018 #124 Share Posted July 25, 2018 and Iran lost to Georgia ! this reminds me of losing to China in Asian Champs final which was another "Golden opportunity" . it seems our Sabre team is not "good" anymore. they didn't lose to average teams like Georgia and China for 3-4 years and now they are losing twice in a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,536 Posted July 25, 2018 Author #125 Share Posted July 25, 2018 women's team epee quarterfinals China b. Germany 45-36 South Korea b. France 45-40 Russia b. Poland 38-37 United States b. Estonia 24-23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,536 Posted July 25, 2018 Author #126 Share Posted July 25, 2018 men's team sabre quarterfinals South Korea b. France 45-38 Georgia b. Iran 45-37 Hungary b. Germany 45-43 Italy b. Russia 45-31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,536 Posted July 25, 2018 Author #127 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) Women's Team Epee Final Results: Gold: United States Silver: South Korea Bronze: China Semifinals: South Korea b. China 25-21 USA b. Russia 27-25 Bronze Medal Match: China b. Russia 45-42 Gold Medal Match: USA b. South Korea 18-17 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/247/results/rank Edited July 25, 2018 by phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,536 Posted July 25, 2018 Author #128 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) Men's Team Sabre Final Results: Gold: South Korea Silver: Italy Bronze: Hungary Semifinals: South Korea b. Georgia 45-34 Italy b. Hungary 45-42 Bronze Medal Match: Hungary b. Georgia 45-36 Gold Medal Match: South Korea b. Italy 45-39 Here is the Full Final Ranking (and Results) from Today's competition: http://fie.org/competitions/2018/252/results/rank Edited July 26, 2018 by phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,536 Posted July 25, 2018 Author #129 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) day #4 and final no. 4 (5th medal overall)...just an ordinary day at the office for Italy... no, today it wasn't an ordinary day...with all the pressure on their shoulders, our sabre guys did something really remarkable...first, they literally destroyed Russia (and just that wasn't expected, and especially not by this margin), then they took care of the hungry and angry Hungarians, so far the most disappointing fencing powerhouse at these world champs... so, our guys made up for both the disappointing performance in their own individual competition and also for the shameful absence of the epee girls from the top 8 tableau (they ended up in 9th place at the end)... now it's gonna need a miracle to beat the mighty Koreans, who seem to be in the shape of their life (as the whole team, since also the epee girls from Korea surprisingly reached the Gold Medal match earlier today), but still we can say this was a positive day for us, in any case... Edited July 25, 2018 by phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,536 Posted July 25, 2018 Author #130 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) in the meantime, also the men's team epee and the women's team foil have reach the quarterfinals stage, which will follow tomorrow... and Italy will be there in both events, thanks to a lucky, very lucky ending of the assault against Spain in the last 16, when first we wasted a 4 hit-lead in the final seconds of regulation, but then we won in the OT (by the way, it all happened because of our usual suicidal tactics of "killing" all the early assaults and rely only on the last one )... men's team epee quarterfinals France vs United States Switzerland vs Italy South Korea vs Hungary Russia vs China women's team foil quarterfinals Italy vs Japan France vs Germany United States vs Canada Russia vs South Korea Edited July 25, 2018 by phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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