Rebecca Ward The US Women’s sabre team won an important Olympic qualifying event this weekend in both team and individual competitions by defeating Russia in the team finals to take the team gold medal at the Orleans Grand Prix.

Earlier in the weekend, the US women shined on the individual stage, with Rebecca Ward (pictured, left) and Sada Jacobson fencing for the individual final. Ward won the match, solidifying her position as the #2 ranked fencer in the world behind China’s Xue Tan.

{mosimage} The US Women’s Sabre team is now ranked 2nd in the world, behind France who placed 3rd before a home town crowd.

In the individual events, Gold medalist Mariel Zagunis dropped her match in the round of 64 to Poland’s Irena Wieckowska 15-13. Sada Jacobson, seeded 6th, broke seed and defeated China’s Tan before to earn a trip to the gold medal bout.

On the other side of the table, Ward faced a 14-10 deficit against Russian Sophia Velikaia, but rallied for 5 strait points to win 15-14.

Ward then defeated Jacobson in the all-US gold medal bout.

The individual performances put the US women at 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in the individual rankings. China’s Xue Tan still holds a sizable lead in world cup points for the #1 overall rank.

The US women are all but guaranteed an Olympic berth, but the remaining events of the season will be very important for seeding into the direct elimination tables for the Olympics.

Final Results – Orleans Grand Prix – Individual Women’s Sabre

1 WARD Rebecca USA
2 JACOBSON Sada USA
3BIANCOIlariaITA
3TANXueCHN
5VELIKAIASophiaRUS
6BAOYingyingCHN
7GULOTTALoretaITA
8VECCHIIreneITA
9JOZWIAKBognaPOL
10ZHAOYuanyuanCHN
11LEEShin MiKOR
12KIMKeum HwaKOR
13VERGNECaroleFRA
14DIATCHENKOEkaterinaRUS
15PUNDYKGalynaUKR
16BESBESAzzaTUN
17NETCHAEVAElenaRUS
18MARZOCCAGioiaITA
19FEDORKINAEkaterinaRUS
20SOCHAAleksandraPOL
21TOUYAAnne-LiseFRA
22NAGYOrsolyaHUN
23MIKINASabinaAZE
24MARYSolenneFRA
25ARGIOLASCecileFRA
26DI TRANSOIreneITA
27KHARLANOlgaUKR
28ZHOVNIROlgaUKR
29YUANTingtingCHN
30VLOKACarolineUSA
31HUTCHISONJoannaGBR
32WIECKOWSKAIrenaPOL
33 ZAGUNIS Mariel USA
34CHOWTsz KiHKG
35PERRUSLeonoreFRA
36DANILOVAVeronikaRUS
37MINDASzilviaHUN
37NAKAMURAHarukoJPN
39ZHUMinCHN
40KHOMROVAOlenaUKR
41SASSINESandraCAN
42LUCCHINOAlessandraITA
43JAMESAlizeeFRA
44KOZACZUKMalgorzataPOL
45BERTHIERAnne-LaureFRA
46 WOZNIAK Dagmara USA
47KORMILITSYNASvetlanaRUS
48KIMHye LimKOR
48WINDMarionFRA
50 BARATTA Emma USA
51BULICAMihaelaROU
52BOND-WILLIAMSLouiseGBR
53PALUFloraFRA
54GONZALEZ POZOMaylinCUB
55VOUGIOUKAVassilikiGRE
56POSTIGLIONEMariangelaITA
57KLEMMSibylleGER
58KUBISSAStefanieGER
59BUCCIONEFrancescaITA
60SIUKAYEVAJannaAZE
61HISAGAEMadokaJPN
62JOHANNSDOTTIRGudrunISL
63BUJDOSOAlexandraGER
64JEMAYEVAElenaRUS
65 SCHNEIDER Daria USA
66DANIONMarie-CatherineFRA
67SZNOPEKGabriellaHUN
68CSABAEdinaHUN
69MUNTEANUElenaROU
70STOLTZMarionFRA
71GHEORGHITOAIACatalinaROU
72NAVARROAraceliESP
73OVTCHINNIKOVAOlgaCAN
74SAJEWICZIzabelaPOL
75YUQunliHKG
76PEREZ MAURICEMaria BelenARG
77ANMi AeKOR
78ASHTONJenna-MarieGBR
78MARCOSSandraESP
80NICOLLChrystallGBR
81LACHETAJessicaGBR
82KARPINSKAKatarzynaPOL
83PELEIAndreeaROU
84CLOUTIERJulieCAN
85KRAVCHUKIrynaUKR
86JAQUETClaraFRA
87JUNGEun HeeKOR
88AU YEUNGWai SumHKG
89KOZLOVANinaUKR
90SASCHENBRECKERWendyCAN
91KIMSun HeeKOR
92HUANGHaiyangCHN
93ALASGAROVAAidaAZE
94BESBESHelaTUN
95JEAN BAPTISTEAudreyFRA
96FATHALLIChaimaTUN
97TKACHENKOAnnaRUS
98BENITEZAlejandraVEN
99LIMNona Yean HongSIN
100KANEKOSakuraJPN
101AGUSTSDOTTIRThorbjorgISL
102BENKORekaHUN
102VILALaiaESP
104BERDERCeciliaFRA
105HUTCHISONJane SGBR
106DEMONSANTMarionFRA
107PITUELLOMilagrosARG
107PETORekaHUN
109CHICHONVanesaESP
110NAKAYAMASeiraJPN
111IONESCUIoanaROU
111KOVACSLauraHUN
113GOSHERShelley-AnneRSA
114 THOMPSON Caitlin USA
115OGINEZAWAChizuruJPN
116BERENGIERJulieFRA
116LUPIENKatyCAN
118SAWORSKIDonnaCAN
119SHOBUMiyabiJPN
120CASARESNataliaESP
121LARIOSAngelicaMEX
122LEMBACHCharlotteFRA
123WATORMartaPOL
124KARASAWAChinatsuJPN
125DU PLOOYAdeleRSA
126LAKERBAIKarinaBRA
126MARTINEZ ELIZALDEGiselleMEX
128LEEAnn HuiminSIN
129JEANNYCarolineFRA
130BUNYATOVASevilAZE
131GARDARSDOTTIRSigrunISL
131TANZMEISTERDorotheaAUT
133ONISHISakiJPN
134GUDLAUGSDOTTIRIngibjorgISL
135ZUS’KOAnnaUKR
136WOODElviraRSA
136MCCOMBIEMaxineGBR
138LEELewina Yi ChenSIN

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