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October 6th, 2007
 | 01:20 am - Sporting news ...
This week, the Fencing World Championships have been running in St Petersburg.
Just in case anyone was interested, the results of the individual competitions (teams events still have a couple of days to go) :
Women's Sabre (91 entries) :
| 1 | NETCHAEVA | Elena | RUS |
| 2 | TAN | Xue | CHN |
| 3 | JOZWIAK | Bogna | POL |
| 3 | MARZOCCA | Gioia | ITA |
Australians: Jess Brooks (68th) (GBR had 4 in the last 64, the best at 33)
Men's Sabre (111) :
| 1 | POZDNIAKOV | Stanislav | RUS |
| 2 | MONTANO | Aldo | ITA |
| 3 | LIMBACH | Nicolas | GER |
| 3 | OH | Eun Seok | KOR |
No Australians in this event, 2 GBR fencers in the last 64.
Men's Foil (124) :
| 1 | JOPPICH | Peter | GER |
| 2 | BALDINI | Andrea | ITA |
| 3 | KLEIBRINK | Benjamin | GER |
| 3 | LEI | Sheng | CHN |
Australians: Frank Bartollilo (45th) (GBR - Richard Kruse was 15th, two others made the last 64)
Women's Foil (92) :
| 1 | VEZZALI | Valentina | ITA |
| 2 | GRANBASSI | Margherita | ITA |
| 3 | MOHAMED | Aida | HUN |
| 3 | TRILLINI | Giovanna | ITA |
Australians: Jo Halls (47th) (GBR: one just in last 64, one just outside)
Women's Epee (126) :
| 1 | HEIDEMANN | Britta | GER |
| 2 | LI | Na | CHN |
| 3 | EMBRICH | Irina | EST |
| 3 | NISIMA | Maureen | FRA |
Australians : Evelyn Halls (60th) (GBR : one at 72)
Men's Epee (168) :
| 1 | KULCSAR | Krisztian | HUN |
| 2 | BOISSE | Eric | FRA |
| 3 | CONFALONIERI | Diego | ITA |
| 3 | JEANNET | Jerome | FRA |
Australians : Seamus Robinson (72nd) (GBR: Two in the last 64, two outside)
Surprise results : Alfredo Rota in 64th place, and Pavel Kolobkov (five times World Champion, Olympic Gold medallist) in 65th.
Of those 168 fencers, I've fenced 11, the top placed at this World Championships being Denis Bade of Finland (12th), who I beat in a pool bout in a satellite tournament last year. Fencing is a funny sport ...
Current Mood:  geeky
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So how long until you two attack the world championships? :) |
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