Two International Fencing Federation World Cups took place in Busan and Takasaki, each including women’s and men’s individual and team events.
Busan, Korea Women’s Foil World Cup – Dec. 5-7
Italy’s Elena Tangherlini won the individual gold medal at the Busan Women’s Foil World Cup and Italy won the team gold medal. The event took place at the Indoor Gymnasium in Busan Spo1 Park with 177 women’s individual fencers and 17 women’s teams participating in the competition.
Tangherlini faced Canada’s Eleanor Harvey in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 12-11 score. In the semifinal round, Harvey won against Japan’s Yuka Ueno, 14-3, while Tangherlini defeated teammate Anna Cristino, 15-8. Of note, in the round of 16, Italy’s Martina Sinigalia beat USA’s two-time Olympic champion Lee Kiefer, 15-10, and in the round of 32, France’s Constance Catarzi won against Italy’s two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-13. |
| Italy faced USA in the final match of women’s team foil, winning with a 45-35 score. In the semifinal round, USA won against Japan, 45-34, while Italy defeated France, 45-19. The bronze medal went to France over Japan, 39-34. |
| Final rankings for women’s individual foil included Elena Tangherlini (ITA, gold), Eleanor Harvey (CAN, silver), Anna Cristino (ITA, bronze), Yuka Ueno (JPN, bronze), Lee Kiefer (USA), Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk (POL), Pauline Ranvier (FRA) and Svetlana Tripapina (AIN).
Final rankings for women’s team foil included Italy (gold), USA (silver), France (bronze), Japan, Korea, China, Canada and Spain.
Takasaki, Japan Nexus Men’s Foil Prince Takamado Trophy World Cup – Dec. 6-8
Italy’s world champion Alessio Foconi won the individual gold medal at the Nexus Men’s Foil Prince Takamado Trophy World Cup and Italy won the team gold medal. The event took place at the Takasaki Arena with 216 men’s individual fencers and 21 men’s teams participating in the competition.
Foconi faced teammate Filippo Macchi in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Macchi won against Hong Kong, China’s two-time Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-9, while Foconi defeated USA’s Alexander Massialas, 15-12. |
| Italy faced USA in the final match of men’s team foil, winning with a 45-36 score. In the semifinal round, USA won against Japan, 45-41, while Italy defeated France, 45-27. The bronze medal went to France over Japan, 45-33. |
| Final rankings for men’s individual foil included Alessio Foconi (ITA, gold), Filippo Macchi (ITA, silver), Alexander Massialas (USA, bronze), Ka Long Cheung (HKG, bronze), Nick Itkin (USA), Mohamed Hamza (EGY), Kirill Borodachev (AIN) and Jaimie Cook (GBR).
Final rankings for men’s team foil included Italy (gold), USA (silver), France (bronze), Japan, China, Canada, Korea and Germany.
Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page. |
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