Winning by a single touch in the gold-medal match of the individual women’s sabre event, France’s Manon Brunet defeated Russia’s Olga Nikitina, 15-14. The semi-final matches were similarly close, with Nikitina winning against Romania’s Bianca Pascu, 15-14, and Brunet beating Russia’s Olympic gold medallist, Yana Egorian, 15-13. Brunet also eliminated three-time Ukrainian world champion Olga Kharlan in the round of 16, 15-14, and Korean Olympic gold medallist Jiyeon Kim lost to Egorian in the quarter-finals, 15-12.

In the women’s sabre team event, France narrowly defeated Russia, 45-43, to win the gold medal. In the semi-final round, Russia took-out Italy, 45-39, while Poland was eliminated by France, 45-27. Italy won the bronze medal against Poland, 45-29.

Overall ranking for the Sint-Niklaas Women’s Sabre World Cup included Manon Brunet (FRA, gold), Olga Nikitina (RUS, silver), Yana Egorian (RUS, bronze), Bianca Pascu (ROU, bronze), Jiyeon Kim (KOR), Anna Bashta (RUS), Xiaoye Jia (CHN) and Lucia Martin-Portugues (ESP).

Ranking for the women’s team sabre event included France (gold), Russia (silver), Italy (bronze), Poland, USA, Japan, Ukraine and Korea.

Complete results may be found here on the FIE web site.

Bida took on Italy’s Gabriele Cimini in the gold-medal match, winning with a 15-11 final score and representing career-best finishes for both fencers. Cimini overcame USA’s Curtis McDowald in the semi-final round, 15-6, while Bida took-out Hungary’s Andras Redli, 15-5. Ukraine’s world number-two, Bogdan Nikishin, was defeated by Redli in the quarter-finals, 13-10. Notably, Cimini beat Venezuela’s Olympic gold medallist, Ruben Limardo-Gascon, in the round of 16, 15-12.

The final of the men’s team epee event featured Japan fencing Switzerland for the gold medal, with Japan winning, 45-32. Switzerland overcame the Russian team in the semi-final round, 45-37, while Japan defeated Venezuela, 45-37. The bronze medal went to Russia by a single point over Venezuela, 30-29.

Overall ranking for the Buenos Aires Men’s Epee World Cup individual event included Sergey Bida (RUS, gold), Gabriele Cimini (ITA, silver), Curtis McDowald (USA, bronze), Andras Redli (HUN, bronze), Bogdan Nikishin (UKR), Kazuyasu Minobe (JPN), Richard Schmidt (GER) and Minghao Lan (CHN).

Ranking for the men’s team epee event included Japan (gold), Switzerland (silver), Russia (bronze), Venezuela, Italy, China, USA and Kazakhstan.

Complete results may be found here on the FIE web site.
 

Ranking for the men’s team sabre event included Korea (gold), Hungary (silver), Italy (bronze), Germany, France, Russia, Iran and USA.

Complete results may be found here on the FIE web site.

Ngom faced Italy’s two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo in the final of the women’s individual epee event, winning with a 15-12 score. Fiamingo beat Brazil’s Nathalie Moellhausen in the semi-final, 15-10, while Ngom overcame USA’s Courtney Hurley, 15-11. Hurley narrowly defeated Italy’s reigning world champion Mara Navarria in the quarter-finals, 15-14.

Team Germany took the gold over Estonia in the women’s team epee final, 45-39. Estonia beat China in the semi-final, 42-38, while Italy lost to Germany, 41-34. The bronze medal went to Italy over China, 31-28.

Overall women’s ranking for the Chengdu Women’s Epee World Cup individual event included Helene Ngom (FRA, gold), Rossella Fiamingo (ITA, silver), Courtney Hurley (USA, bronze), Nathalie Moellhausen (BRA, bronze), Mara Navarria (ITA), Mingye Zhu (CHN), Alexandra Louis Marie (FRA) and Aleksandra Zamachowska (POL).

Ranking for the women’s team epee event included Germany (gold), Estonia (silver), Italy (bronze), China, Russia, Poland, USA and France.

Complete results may be found here on the FIE web site.

Curatoli overcame his teammate, world champion and Olympic gold medallist Aldo Montano, in the final round of the men’s individual sabre event, 15-13. Montano defeated German Max Hartung in the semi-final, 15-10, and Curatoli beat German Benedikt Wagner, 15-12. Notably, Russian world champion Veniamin Reshetnikov was eliminated by Montano in the quarter-finals, 15-13, and Hartung edged-out USA’s top-ranked Eli Dershwitz by a point, 15-14.

In the men’s team sabre competition, the Korean men’s team beat Iran in the final, 45-28. Iran eliminated Italy in a close semi-final round, 45-43, while Korea beat Romania, 45-28. In the match for third place, Italy was victorious over Romania, 45-41.

The top-eight individual ranking at the 2019 Padua “Trofeo Luxardo” Men’s Sabre World Cup included Luca Curatoli (ITA, gold), Aldo Montano (ITA, silver), Max Hartung (GER, bronze), Benedikt Wagner (GER, bronze), Eli Dershwitz (USA), Veniamin Reshetnikov (RUS), Francesco D’Armiento (ITA) and Tiberiu Dolniceanu (ROU).

The top-eight men’s sabre teams included Korea (gold), Iran (silver), Italy (bronze), Romania, Hungary, USA, China and Japan.

Official results are available here, on the FIE Web site.

Dozens of countries send young teams and fencers to the Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships, and we expect this year in Torun we again will experience record numbers of athletes participating. The nine-day competition is being held at the Torun Arena Sports Hall, in central Torun and not far from many of the city’s attractions and features, including the UNESCO World Heritage Medieval Town of Torun, shopping, parks, museums, restaurants and more.

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