Andrea Baldini won the 2013 Challenge International de Paris
Andrea Baldini won the 2013 Challenge International de Paris

The world’s top fencers are off to Paris to compete in the first Men’s Foil World Cup event of the 2014-2015 season. Team USA carries the young guns poised to make a medal run in Rio at the 2016 Olympics. The path to the 2016 Games starts in Paris as the US team looks to repeat their team victory from 2013 and World Champion Miles Chamley-Watson aims to add another victory to his resume.

Miles Chamley-Watson (USA)
Miles Chamley-Watson looks to add another medal to his collection.

The weekend of January 18-19 mark the Challenge International de Paris – the flagship tournament for men’s foil. The event will take place at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris . Last year Andrea Baldini (ITA) defeated Jeremy Cadot (FRA) 15-11 in the finals as Italy dominated with 5 of the top-8. The top US finish in 2013 was Alexander Massialas in 11th place. In last year’s team event, the USA took gold, defeating Germany in the finals 45-33. About the CIP Format: Competition over 2 days :

  • Saturday, January 18 – Individual event (Quarter-finals begin at 4pm local time)
  • Sunday, January 19 – Team event (Semifinals begin at 12:30)

Competition organized by the ETF , created in 1953 under the name ” Martini Challenge ” is a test of World Cup senior men’s foil , accounting for the international circuit. Find all the information about the event : www.escrime – cip.com

Fencers in the Top-25:

RankPtsNameNationality
1195CASSARA AndreaITA
2195MEINHARDT GerekUSA
3182AKHMATKHUZIN ArturRUS
4167CHEREMISINOV AlexeyRUS
5161CHAMLEY-WATSON MilesUSA
6160BALDINI AndreaITA
7143DAVIS James-AndrewGBR
8137ASPROMONTE ValerioITA
9120MASSIALAS AlexanderUSA
10117IMBODEN RaceUSA
11116JOPPICH PeterGER
12113HEO JunKOR
13112AVOLA GiorgioITA
1490MIYAKE RyoJPN
1583HERTSYK RostyslavUKR
1682CHIDA KentaJPN
1780KRUSE RichardGBR
1876LE PECHOUX ErwanFRA
1976MERTINE JulienFRA
2075KHOVANSKIY AlexeyRUS
2175MA JianfeiCHN
2274SEDOV ArtemRUS
2373KIM MinkyuKOR
2472CHEUNG Siu LunHKG
2570CADOT JeremyFRA

CIP-2014 FIE Team Rankings:

RankPtsName
1388United States
2364Italy
3316Russia
4304Germany
5246France
6220Korea
7215China
8202Japan
9202Poland
10198Great Britain

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