Sabrina Massialas led the US contingent in Porec, Croatia yesterday with a silver medal finish at the 2013 Cadet World Championships in women’s foil.
Massialas started the day off strong, winning all of her pool bouts and earning a 7th place seed into the direct elimination matches. In her elimination matches she won be scores of 15-8, 12-9, and 15-9 to place into the top-8.
In the final 8, Massialas matched up with Aikaterini-Maria Kontochristopoulou (GRE) and won the match 15-6 which advanced her to the semi-finals. In the semi’s, Massialas would face a more difficult challenge facing 3rd seed Erica Cipressa (ITA). Massialas emerged victorious from the bout with a 14-11 win to set up a final between Massialas and 5th seed Viktoria Schmel-Mesteri (HUN). The hungarian won 15-11.
Ukraine takes Cadet Men’s Sabre Gold
Kostiantyn Voronov (UKR) took the cadet men’s sabre gold with a 15-10 victory over Artsiom Novikau (BLR) in the finals.
Voronov led throughout the day, starting with the top seed from preliminary pool rounds and being hit only 7 times. Jonah Shainberg (USA) also emerged from pools with a spotless record and seeded 7th into the elimination bracket. Shainberg won his first match easily, 15-3, then 15-13 over Vasiaev (RUS). In the top-16 Shainberg faced Novikau, who entered the eliminations as the 23rd seed. Novikau advanced with a 15-12 victory and Shainberg placed 10th.
Watch the video of the Cadet Women’s Foil and Cadet Men’s Sabre Finals here:
Final Results: 2013 Cadet World Championships – Women’s Foil
| Rank | Name | First name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCHMEL-MESTERI | Viktoria | HUN |
| 2 | MASSIALAS | Sabrina | USA |
| 3 | CECCHINI | Gabriela | BRA |
| 3 | CIPRESSA | Erica | ITA |
| 5 | BEHR | Leandra | GER |
| 6 | SZYMCZAK | Anna | POL |
| 7 | KONTOCHRISTOPOULOU | Aikaterini-Maria | GRE |
| 8 | ARDENTOVA | Natalya | RUS |
| 9 | BOLDOR | Maria | ROU |
| 10 | KIRSCHEN | Kim | GER |
| 11 | CALUGAREANU | Malina | ROU |
| 12 | DLUGOSZ | Martyna | POL |
| 13 | OVECHKINA | Darya | RUS |
| 14 | DAMASCHIN | Corina | ROU |
| 15 | PARTRIDGE | Morgan | USA |
| 16 | RENTIER | Eline | NED |
| 17 | BIAGIOTTI | Matilde | ITA |
| 18 | FIHOSY | Ayesha | GBR |
| 19 | KO | Chae Yeong | KOR |
| 20 | BRANKOVIC | Ljubica | SRB |
| 21 | ABDRAKHMANOVA | Adelya | RUS |
| 22 | ITO | Maki | JPN |
| 23 | MIYAWAKI | Karin | JPN |
| 24 | JAHN | Svenja | NED |
| 25 | KONDRICZ | Kata | HUN |
| 26 | CHRZANOWSKA | Julia | POL |
| 27 | HANINA | Noa | ISR |
| 28 | ASANO | Saki | JPN |
| 29 | YOO | Hyojeong | KOR |
| 30 | BALOGH | Orsolya | HUN |
| 31 | NELSON | Tanya | CAN |
| 32 | KULIAYEVA | Lizaveta | BLR |
| 33 | SPANGER-RIIS | Martine | DEN |
| 34 | RIVANO | Camilla | ITA |
| 35 | POSER | Antonia | GER |
| 36 | LEBRUN | Violette | BEL |
| 37 | LAU | Ysien | SIN |
| 38 | NORTHROP | Kate | USA |
| 39 | ROI | Veronika | UKR |
| 40 | CHEN | Ling Yi | TPE |
| 41 | HAVRANKOVA | Eva | CZE |
| 42 | KIM | Hyunji | KOR |
| 43 | CHART | Yvonne | GBR |
| 44 | KWAG | Alicia Ji Yeon | AUS |
| 45 | DYNKO | Anastasiya | UKR |
| 46 | LEE | Thalia Ping | SIN |
| 47 | LI | Lea Ming | CRO |
| 48 | MOHAMED | Noura | EGY |
| 49 | WONG | Nicole Mae Hui Shan | SIN |
| 50 | ALPATOV | Avigail | ISR |
| 51 | KRALIKOVA | Viktoria | SVK |
| 52 | LOH | Zoe | CAN |
| 53 | BITTEROVA | Kitti | SVK |
| 54 | ZOVKO | Sara | CRO |
| 55 | GIL | Maria | VEN |
| 56 | KOPYTSYA | Anastasiya | UKR |
| 57 | SCHREIBER | Ester | SWE |
| 58 | GOGLIDZE | Teona | GEO |
| 59 | ROMASHINA | Sofya | CAN |
| 60 | ELKASSAS | Sabrina | EGY |
| 60 | GRIMAN | Maria | VEN |
| 62 | DUQUE | Delia | VEN |
| 63 | DAVILA | Monica B. | PUR |
| 64 | HENDRICHOVA | Sabina | CZE |
| 65 | KARIMOVA | Karolina | KAZ |
| 66 | SCUKOVA | Michaela | CZE |
| 67 | COETSEE | Anneline | RSA |
| 68 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG | Cheree | RSA |
| 69 | TILIC | Paula | CRO |
| 70 | SANGUINO | Beatriz | POR |
| 71 | PRETORIUS | Isabel | RSA |
| 72 | PINO | Mariana | BOL |
| 73 | TROIS | Karina | BRA |
| 73 | KHEDHIRI | Mariem | TUN |
Final Results: 2013 Cadet World Championships: Men’s Sabre
| Rank | Name | First name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VORONOV | Kostiantyn | UKR |
| 2 | NOVIKAU | Artsiom | BLR |
| 3 | GERT | Eduard | GER |
| 3 | LECCI | Marco | ITA |
| 5 | CASTELLO | Eugenio | ITA |
| 6 | PLATONOV | Bogdan | UKR |
| 7 | KARAKAI | Oleksandr | UKR |
| 8 | RUBAN | Vladimir | RUS |
| 9 | SULAMANIDZE | Saba | GEO |
| 10 | SHAINBERG | Jonah | USA |
| 11 | CUCU D. | Tudor | ROU |
| 12 | WEBB | Jonathan | GBR |
| 13 | KIM | Soohwan | KOR |
| 14 | LUCCHETTI | Stefano Ivan | ARG |
| 15 | HERNANDEZ FLORES | Javier Alejandro | MEX |
| 16 | SIWEK | Kamil | POL |
| 17 | KOSSUTH | Balint | HUN |
| 18 | LIANG | Calvin | USA |
| 19 | CARANTI | Gherardo | ITA |
| 20 | AMSALEM | Rubin | GBR |
| 21 | YAKOVENKO | Nikita | RUS |
| 22 | CHO | Inhyeok | KOR |
| 23 | FLORENCIA | Hector | MEX |
| 24 | ROSER | Pablo | ESP |
| 25 | AMER | Mohamed | EGY |
| 26 | CORREA VILA | Luis | COL |
| 27 | HABONY | Viktor | HUN |
| 28 | VASIAEV | Aleksandr | RUS |
| 29 | ACUNA RAMIREZ | Adrian | MEX |
| 30 | WAFAEY | Mokhtar | EGY |
| 31 | DEARY | William | GBR |
| 32 | KABBAJ | Jihad | CAN |
| 33 | HERNANDEZ CABALLERO | Andres | ESP |
| 34 | JUNG | Sunghyun | KOR |
| 35 | BANCSICS | Mate | HUN |
| 36 | GONZALEZ DALMASY | Jose M | PUR |
| 37 | CHIN | Edward | USA |
| 38 | CUELLAR | Sebastian | COL |
| 39 | QUINTERO | Jose | VEN |
| 40 | HERBON | Nick | GER |
| 41 | CHOY | Yu Yong | SIN |
| 42 | RAUCHBERGER | David | AUT |
| 43 | WOO | Jerrold Jun Jie | SIN |
| 44 | OYAMA | Keishi | JPN |
| 45 | KASSYMOV | Nurlan | KAZ |
| 46 | MANDOV | Ivan | BUL |
| 47 | CAMUS | Jan Patrick | GER |
| 48 | GIAKOUMATOS | Marios | GRE |
| 49 | DENTANT | Ian | BEL |
| 50 | FITZ-GERALD | Kunihiko | JPN |
| 51 | BADESCU | Matei | ROU |
| 52 | OLMEDO | Carlos Javier | ESP |
| 53 | GODLEWSKI | Mateusz | POL |
| 54 | SINAN | Bahadir | TUR |
| 55 | KOC | Alp Ege | TUR |
| 56 | MADY | Abdullah | EGY |
| 57 | BRAJDIC | Josip | CRO |
| 58 | DOUKAS | Alexandros | GRE |
| 59 | PITURA | Philip | CAN |
| 60 | TIKVICKI | Luka | SRB |
| 61 | MACKAY | Cameron | CAN |
| 62 | BOUNABI | Akram | ALG |
| 63 | KLJAJIC | Marko | SRB |
| 64 | MANSEI | Yoichiro | JPN |
| 65 | PLONER | Jiri | CZE |
| 66 | NEZBEDA | Daniel | CZE |
| 67 | KWOK | Man Hon | HKG |
| 68 | KITSIRIBOON | Soravit | THA |
| 69 | ALSHAMLAN | Bandar | KUW |
| 70 | FERJANI | Fares | TUN |
| 71 | ALAMMARI | Amaar | KUW |
| 72 | ALSHAMLAN | Yousef | KUW |
| 72 | SENER | Volkan | TUR |
| 74 | SHUM | Lai Tai Nelson | HKG |
| 75 | FAWKES | Boston | AUS |
| 76 | KOSTAKIS | Georgios | GRE |
| 77 | WEBER | Markus | AUT |
| 78 | TAN | Jeremy Zheng Yi | SIN |
| 78 | DYRSMID | David | CZE |
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