Team USA Silver, Homer 6th in Madrid

Team USA made it to the podium in team and Daryl Homer entered the top-8 at this weekend’s men’s sabre world cup at the Villa de Madrid.

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Korea dominated the event, taking the team gold with a 45-25 victory over the United States which added to Junghwan Kim’s gold medal in the individual event.

In the individual event, Daryl Homer placed 6th, losing in the top 8 to silver medalist Csanad Gemesi (HUN) 15-11.

2012 Olympic Champion Aron Szilagyi (HUN) was kept out of the top-8 in the individual event, knocked out by teammate Csanad Gemesi (HUN) 15-14 to make the 8. Szilagyi finished 9th. It was not a good day overall for the top seeds as 5 of the top-8 entered ranked 9th or lower to begin the day.

Junghwan Kim (KOR) made the top-8 and knocked out top seed Veniamin Reshetnikov (RUS) 15-13 and then defeated #3 Tiberiu Dolniceanu (ROU) 15-13 before facing Gemesi in the finals where Kim won 15-11. The win puts Dolniceanu at the top of the FIE World Rankings.

Korea entered the team event as the 4th seed and in the top-16, knocked out Poland 45-18. Korea then dispatched Germany 45-38 before narrowly edging out Russia 45-44 to reach the gold medal match. On the other side of the bracket the 7th ranked US team began the top-16 by defeating Belarus 45-40. They then went on to defeat #2 Italy 45-36 and also edged out their semi-final partner, defeating #3 Hungary 45-44.

Individual Results: Villa de Madrid World Cup

Team Results: 2014 Villa de Madrid Team World Cup