This latest update comes in from the Fencing.Net forums where member Capt. Slo-mo posts: Once again the American women sabrists go 1-2 at Senior World Cup competition…last week in London, today in Orleans, France. Once again, the US squad is its own worst enemy.
Caity Thompson of Penn St surprises 2006 Senior World Cup champion Mariel Zagunis in the round of 16 and wins a trip to the night time Big Show…a fencing event Orleans does the way every fencing event should be held. Fellow Americans Sada Jacobson and Becca Ward accompany Caity into the top 8.
Caity Thompson of Penn St surprises 2006 Senior World Cup champion Mariel Zagunis in the round of 16 and wins a trip to the night time Big Show…a fencing event Orleans does the way every fencing event should be held. Fellow Americans Sada Jacobson and Becca Ward accompany Caity into the top 8.
Caity falls to English-type-person Louise Bond Williams, who is then pounded by Sada in the semis. Becca draws Olympic silver medalist Tan Xue of China, and prevails for the other semi final berth, where she meets Mary of France, a member of the French team that upset the Americans at the World Championships in Torino.
Becca defeats the hometown favorite Mary in front of a raucous crowd to set up a rematch with Sada, who has had significant success recently in matches against the younger Senior World Champion.
This time, Becca outlasts Sada in a sparkling bout for both fencers, 15-13.
There is applause for the two Americans, snails and elderberries are catapulted into the air in celebration, many autographs are signed by the two Americans, who are unable to resist the earnest faces of the young French fencers thronging the medals stand.
French fencer Anne-lise Touya, who knocked off both Becca and Mariel at this event last year, does not compete due to an injury.
Read more in the forums – click here for the thread on 2007 Orleans World Cup Results.
Final Results: Orleans Women’s Sabre
1 WARD Rebecca USA
2 JACOBSON Sada USA
3 MARY Solenne FRA
3 BOND-WILLIAMS Louise GBR
5 TAN Xue CHN
6 ARGIOLAS Cecile FRA
7 THOMPSON Caitlin USA
8 BERTHIER Anne-laure FRA
9 ZAGUNIS Mariel USA
10 VELIKAIA Sophia RUS
11 JOZWIAK Bogna POL
12 KHARLAN Olga UKR
13 KANEKO Sakura JPN
14 HASSETT Eileen USA
15 NETCHAEVA Elena RUS
16 ZHU Min CHN
17 FEDORKINA Ekaterina RUS
18 DIATCHENK Ekaterina RUS
19 BUJDOSO Alexandra GER
20 HISAGAE Madoka JPN
21 WOZNIAK Dagmara USA
22 VERGNE Carole FRA
23 PUNDYK Galyna UKR
24 ZHAO Yuanyuan CHN
25 VLOKA Caroline USA
26 BARATTA Emma USA
27 MIKINA Sabina AZE
27 SOCHA Aleksandra POL
29 WIECKOWSKA Irena POL
30 KOZLOVA Nina UKR
30 BLOCK Reija GER
32 JAMES Alizee FRA
33 KORMILITSYNA Svetlana RUS
34 SAJEWICZ Izabela POL
35 JAQUET Clara FRA
36 ZHANG Ying CHN
37 BENITEZ Alejandra VEN
38 BORRMANN Sarah USA
39 PALU Flora FRA
40 KHOMROVA Olena UKR
40 TAILLANDIER Charleine FRA
42 COVALIU Irina ROM
43 LEMBACH Charlotte FRA
44 DANILOVA Veronika RUS
45 LACHETA Jessica GBR
46 ZHAO Xue CHN
47 JEMAL Alexis USA
48 WATOR Marta POL
49 NAKAYAMA Seira JPN
50 JOUKOVA Margarita RUS
51 JEANNY Caroline FRA
52 NICOLL Chrystall GBR
53 POUTEIL-NOBLE Eve FRA
54 KUBISSA Stefanie GER
54 LIMBACH Anna GER
56 GUO Fei CHN
57 DI TRANSO Irene ITA
58 JOHANNSDOTTIR Gudrun ISL
59 YUAN Tingting CHN
60 HUTCHISON Joanna GBR
61 PRESSMAR Julia GER
62 CORDIER Marie FRA
63 SIUKAYEVA Janna AZE
64 KLEMM Sibylle GER
65 BERENGIER Julie FRA
66 GAVRILOVA Julia RUS 004
67 AGUSTSDOTTIR Thorbjorg ISL
68 AUDOUIN Emilie FRA
69 DANION Marie-catherine FRA
70 JEAN BAPTISTE Audrey FRA
71 WIND Marion FRA
72 DORON Julie FRA
73 KRIVENKO Ekaterina RUS
73 KOZACZUK Malgorzata POL
75 TANZMEISTER Dorothea AUT
76 ESIMAJE Jacqueline NGR
77 ZHOVNIR Olga UKR
78 GRENCH Eileen USA
79 PELEI Andreea ROM
79 LUPU Dorina Gabriela ROM
81 GRODDE Nele GER
82 DUMONT Delphine FRA
83 KARPINSKA Katarzyna POL
84 DELANGUE Marie FRA
85 KRAVCHUK Iryna UKR
86 BERDER Cecilia FRA
87 BERNINSONE Estefania Emilse ARG
88 ALASGAROVA Aida AZE 08
89 SOLTYS Lidia POL
89 MAIER Diana GER
89 GOSHER Shelley-Anne RSA
92 KUROSAKI Manami JPN
93 PASCU Bianca ROM
94 MUSTAFITCH Chloe FRA
95 KISELEVA Olga UKR
96 JEKIC Mihaela CAN
97 BUNYATOVA Sevil AZE
98 RUDEL Marianne FRA
99 HUANG Haiyang CHN