Race Imboden earned world cup gold at the Prince Takamado Tokyo World Cup in men’s foil.
Imboden is now ranked 5th in the FIE World Rankings for men’s foil. In the finals of the event he defeated Russian fencer Dmitry Rigin 15-10.
Video of the semi finals and finals here:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/55112887
The USOC congratulated Race’s accomplishment:
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Final Results (Top 16 and USA Placements)
Rank Pts Name Nationality
1 32 IMBODEN Race USA
2 26 RIGIN Dmitry RUS
3 20 LEFORT Enzo FRA
3 20 CASSARA Andrea ITA
5 14 MA Jianfei CHN
6 14 GANEEV Renal RUS
7 14 CHAMLEY-WATSON Miles USA
8 14 LEI Sheng CHN
9 8 MEINHARDT Gerek USA
10 8 CHOUPENITCH Alexander CZE
11 8 HA Taegyu KOR
11 8 MERTINE Julien FRA
13 8 NISTA Lorenzo ITA
14 8 GAROZZO Daniele ITA
15 8 POGREBNIAK Andrii UKR
16 8 POSCHARNIG Johannes AUT
Other US Finishes:
35 2 MASSIALAS Alexander USA
60 2 WOO Michael USA
84 0 BLITZER Max USA
86 0 BRAVO Nobuo USA
105 0 CHANG Jerry USA
117 0 WILLETTE David USA
121 0 KANESHIGE Brian USA