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
| Rg | Nom | Prénom | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KIM | Junghwan | KOR |
| 2 | GEMESI | Csanad | HUN |
| 3 | DOLNICEANU | Tiberiu | ROU |
| 3 | OCCHIUZZI | Diego | ITA |
| 5 | RESHETNIKOV | Veniamin | RUS |
| 6 | HOMER | Daryl | USA |
| 7 | LIMBACH | Nicolas | GER |
| 8 | CASARES | Fernando | ESP |
| 9 | SZILAGYI | Aron | HUN |
| 10 | WAGNER | Benedikt | GER |
| 11 | SAMELE | Luigi | ITA |
| 12 | IBRAGIMOV | Kamil | RUS |
| 13 | SZABO | Matyas | GER |
| 14 | AGRESTA | Renzo | BRA |
| 15 | HARTUNG | Max | GER |
| 16 | ILIASZ | Nikolasz | HUN |
| 17 | GU | Bongil | KOR |
| 18 | FOSCHINI | Gabriele | ITA |
| 18 | PRYIEMKA | Valery | BLR |
| 20 | MIRACCO | Luigi | ITA |
| 21 | WON | Woo Young | KOR |
| 22 | ROUSSET | Nicolas | FRA |
| 23 | HUEBERS | Richard | GER |
| 24 | APITHY | Bolade | FRA |
| 25 | MONTANO | Aldo | ITA |
| 26 | MEDARD | Julien | FRA |
| 27 | MORENO | Pablo | ESP |
| 28 | SPEAR | Jeff | USA |
| 29 | CIARI | Marco | ITA |
| 30 | VAN HOLSBEKE | Seppe | BEL |
| 31 | LAMBERT | Maxence | FRA |
| 32 | PROSKURA | Nikita | RUS |
| 33 | BERRE’ | Enrico | ITA |
| 34 | YAGODKA | Andriy | UKR |
| 35 | ANSTETT | Vincent | FRA |
| 36 | BADEA | Alin | ROU |
| 37 | PUNDYK | Dmytro | UKR |
| 38 | BEAUDRY | Philippe | CAN |
| 38 | SKUBISZEWSKI | Damian | POL |
| 40 | POLOSSIFAKIS | Joseph | CAN |
| 40 | WILLAU | Mathias | AUT |
| 42 | OH | Eunseok | KOR |
| 43 | ZATKO | Arthur | FRA |
| 44 | MACKIEWICZ | Andrew | USA |
| 45 | PROCHNIAK | Evan | USA |
| 46 | DERSHWITZ | Eli | USA |
| 47 | PELLEGRINI | Alberto | ITA |
| 47 | REGENT | Francois | FRA |
| 49 | DECSI | Tamas | HUN |
| 50 | MIRAMON CHOY | Romain | FRA |
| 51 | BAZADZE | Sandro | GEO |
| 52 | SZATMARI | Andras | HUN |
| 53 | BOTEZATU | Maxim | RUS |
| 54 | CHUNG | Hojin | KOR |
| 55 | MUROLO | Massimiliano | ITA |
| 56 | DE LA FUENTE | Diego | ESP |
| 57 | GEMESI | Bence | HUN |
| 58 | KOCH | Frederik | GER |
| 59 | SCHROEDTER | Robin | GER |
| 60 | SEITZ | Tom | FRA |
| 61 | NAGY | Pal | HUN |
| 62 | ACUNA RAMIREZ | Adrian | MEX |
| 63 | LIU | Chong | CHN |
| 64 | SCHROEDTER | Sebastian | GER |
| 65 | MOTORIN | Ilya | RUS |
| 66 | SUN | Wei | CHN |
| 67 | KINDLER | Maximilian | GER |
| 68 | SULKOVSKIY | Valeriy | RUS |
| 69 | NAGY | Zsolt | HUN |
| 70 | SUNG | Junmo | KOR |
| 71 | SKRODZKI | Adam | POL |
| 72 | KIM | Junghyun | KOR |
| 73 | NUCCIO | Riccardo | ITA |
| 74 | IGOE | Benjamin | USA |
| 74 | LIKHACHEUSKI | Aliaksei | BLR |
| 76 | KARABINSKI | Artsiom | BLR |
| 76 | MOKRETCOV | Ilya | KAZ |
| 78 | WESTER REYES | Rafael | DOM |
| 79 | GANS | Emmanuel | FRA |
| 80 | GONZALEZ QUINTANA | Jaime | ESP |
| 81 | DEL VALLE | Daniel | ESP |
| 82 | HUEBNER | Bjoern | GER |
| 83 | AIYENURO | Soji | GBR |
| 84 | OLEJNIK | Daniel | POL |
| 85 | BOYKO | Dmytro | UKR |
| 86 | GALL | Csaba Norbert | HUN |
| 87 | HA | Hansol | KOR |
| 88 | HONEYBONE | James | GBR |
| 88 | VELIKIY | Trofim | RUS |
| 90 | PUY | Sebestyen | HUN |
| 91 | SOUDERS | Peter | USA |
| 92 | MOTTERSHEAD | Thomas James | GBR |
| 93 | PILLET | Julien | FRA |
| 94 | VEGA | Juan | MEX |
| 95 | RUIZ | Adrian | ESP |
| 95 | XU | Yingming | CHN |
| 97 | SCHWARZ | Gilbert | AUT |
| 98 | RAHBARI | Mohammad | IRI |
| 99 | SHAINBERG | Jonah | USA |
| 100 | ABEDINI | Mojtaba | IRI |
| 100 | MARDALEISHVILI | Mikheil | GEO |
| 102 | FISCHL | Andrew | USA |
| 102 | FROLOV | Yevgeniy | KAZ |
| 102 | REGULEWSKI | Maciej | POL |
| 105 | CRUTCHETT | Alexander | GBR |
| 106 | NIKOLIC | Nikolai | AUT |
| 107 | LAM | Hin Chung | HKG |
| 108 | TEODOSIU | Iulian | ROU |
| 109 | WELLER | Teddy | ISV |
| 110 | POPESCU | Alexandru | ROU |
| 111 | CSABA | Marton Bence | HUN |
| 111 | ESCUDERO | Sergio | ESP |
| 111 | WILLIAMS | Marty | USA |
| 114 | BARRUYER | Philemon | FRA |
| 115 | GALATANU | Ciprian | ROU |
| 116 | GARCIA MIGUEL | Marco | ESP |
| 117 | PAKDAMAN | Ali | IRI |
| 118 | OCINSKI | Jakub | POL |
| 119 | PEROS | Mark | CAN |
| 120 | BOUTET | Cedric | CAN |
| 121 | GALLI | Lukas | AUT |
| 122 | ROSER | Pablo | ESP |
| 123 | TURLYBEKOV | Zhanserik | KAZ |
| 124 | BOBRAN | Cristian | ESP |
| 125 | BUSTAMANTE | Ricardo Alberto | ARG |
| 126 | LOW | Ho Tin | HKG |
| 127 | CASANOVA | Lucas | ESP |
| 127 | ESCUDERO | Jorge | ESP |
| 127 | STATSENKO | Yevgeniy | UKR |
| 130 | AKULA | Mikhail | BLR |
| 131 | GONZALEZ DALMASY | Jose M | PUR |
| 132 | GUZENSKI | Tywilliam | BRA |
| 133 | PEREDA | Fernando | ESP |
| 133 | SCEPI | Stefano | ITA |
| 135 | SULAMANIDZE | Saba | GEO |
| 136 | FANG | Xin | CHN |
| 137 | LARA | Eduardo | MEX |
| 138 | EFSTATHIOU | Evangelos | USA |
| 139 | KARIM | Nurzhan | KAZ |
| 140 | VELASCO | Javier | ESP |
| 141 | SHTURBABIN | Oleh | UKR |
| 142 | IMPARATO | Cristiano | ITA |
| 143 | LOPEZ MENDEZ | Alvaro | ESP |
| 144 | FLORENCIA | Hector | MEX |
| 145 | CONTRERAS | Victor | CHI |
| 145 | RAVASZ | Etele | HUN |
| 147 | GALUSHKIN | Pavel | RUS |
| 148 | OLMEDO | Carlos Javier | ESP |
| 148 | WEBER | Alexander | ARG |
| 150 | ALSHAMLAN | Khaled | KUW |
| 150 | MIRANDA | Ignacio Jose | ARG |
| 152 | SERRAHIMA | Pepe | ESP |
| 153 | KOCH | Domenik | GER |
| 154 | VASQUEZ | Israel | CHI |
| 155 | DI TELLA | Pascual Maria | ARG |
| 156 | RATON | Sergio | ESP |
| 157 | ABE | Ryo | JPN |
| 157 | CALVINO | Diego | ESP |
| 159 | WACHSBERGER | Petr | CZE |
| 160 | HERNANDEZ FLORES | Javier Alejandro | MEX |
| 161 | FIRAT | Caglayan Nehir | TUR |
| 162 | ALKHAIYAT | Abdullah | KUW |
| 163 | ARFA | Fares | CAN |
| 164 | FOTOUHI | Mohammad | IRI |
| 164 | BAZADZE | Beka | GEO |
| 164 | YAN | Hon Pan | HKG |
| 167 | WINIGER | Lothar | SUI |
| 167 | RUIZ | Tarik | CHI |
| 169 | AYALA | Julian | MEX |
| 170 | CHOW | Chak Man | HKG |
| 170 | RODRIGUEZ | Hector | PUR |
| 172 | ZEA | Gibran | MEX |
| 172 | ANT | Ibrahim Ahmet | TUR |
| 174 | TANDAI | Sho | JPN |
| 175 | LORENZO | Alejandro | ESP |
| 175 | MULERO | Guido Eduardo | ARG |
| 175 | CHANG | Chi Hin Cyrus | HKG |
| 178 | LEU | Clive Yi Yang | SIN |
| 179 | CHAN | David Wei Ren | SIN |
| 179 | ZEYTOUNLIAN | Willian | BRA |
| 181 | RATNESWARAN | Maiyuran | GBR |
| 181 | AMAKASU | Takahiro | JPN |
| 183 | CARRILLO RAMIREZ | Moises | MEX |
| 184 | HOSCHNA | Jan | CZE |
| 185 | HERNANDEZ CABALLERO | Andres | ESP |
| 186 | TZER CHYUAN | Wong | MAS |
| 187 | IANCU | George | ROU |
| 188 | TSENG | Lin Fang | SIN |
| 188 | CLARKE | Michael | GBR |
| 190 | ROSARIO | Jose D | PUR |
| 190 | CONCANNON | Stephen | IRL |
| 192 | TILENSHIYEV | Yeraly | KAZ |
| 193 | BAYRAMOV | Serdar | TKM |
| 193 | MARTINEZ EGUIA | Pablo | ESP |
| 195 | DE WILDE | Thomas | BEL |
| 195 | SASAKI | Yuho | JPN |
| 197 | YEO | Joseph Zhi Qiang | SIN |
| 198 | RESTREPO MONSALVE | Wilber Alonso | COL |
Team Results: 2014 Villa de Madrid Team World Cup
| Place | Country | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KOREA | KOR |
| 2 | USA | USA |
| 3 | HUNGARY | HUN |
| 4 | RUSSIA | RUS |
| 5 | ITALY | ITA |
| 6 | GERMANY | GER |
| 7 | UKRAINE | UKR |
| 8 | FRANCE | FRA |
| 9 | ROMANIA | ROU |
| 10 | CHINA | CHN |
| 11 | POLAND | POL |
| 12 | IRAN | IRI |
| 13 | SPAIN | ESP |
| 14 | HONG KONG | HKG |
| 15 | BELARUS | BLR |
| 16 | CANADA | CAN |
| 17 | GREAT BRITAIN | GBR |
| 18 | JAPAN | JPN |
| 19 | KAZAKHSTAN | KAZ |
| 20 | SINGAPORE | SIN |
| 21 | BRAZIL | BRA |
| 22 | MEXICO | MEX |
| 23 | AUSTRIA | AUT |
| 24 | GEORGIA | GEO |
| 25 | ARGENTINA | ARG |
| 26 | CHILE | CHI |
| 27 | PUERTO RICO | PUR |