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Team USA looks to start season off at the Challenge International de Paris

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 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 :

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:

Rank Pts Name Nationality
1 195 CASSARA Andrea ITA
2 195 MEINHARDT Gerek USA
3 182 AKHMATKHUZIN Artur RUS
4 167 CHEREMISINOV Alexey RUS
5 161 CHAMLEY-WATSON Miles USA
6 160 BALDINI Andrea ITA
7 143 DAVIS James-Andrew GBR
8 137 ASPROMONTE Valerio ITA
9 120 MASSIALAS Alexander USA
10 117 IMBODEN Race USA
11 116 JOPPICH Peter GER
12 113 HEO Jun KOR
13 112 AVOLA Giorgio ITA
14 90 MIYAKE Ryo JPN
15 83 HERTSYK Rostyslav UKR
16 82 CHIDA Kenta JPN
17 80 KRUSE Richard GBR
18 76 LE PECHOUX Erwan FRA
19 76 MERTINE Julien FRA
20 75 KHOVANSKIY Alexey RUS
21 75 MA Jianfei CHN
22 74 SEDOV Artem RUS
23 73 KIM Minkyu KOR
24 72 CHEUNG Siu Lun HKG
25 70 CADOT Jeremy FRA

FIE Team Rankings:

Rank Pts Name
1 388 United States
2 364 Italy
3 316 Russia
4 304 Germany
5 246 France
6 220 Korea
7 215 China
8 202 Japan
9 202 Poland
10 198 Great Britain

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