The 2009 Fencing World Championships continued on Thursday in Antalya, Turkey, with preliminary-round matches in the women’s foil and men’s epee disciplines.
Of the eight US fencers competing across the two divisions, 6 advanced out of the qualification rounds to Sunday’s final tables of 64 fencers, which will run in direct elimination format and conclude with the finals.
{sidebar id=1}In women’s foil, a newly minted American squad took to the piste. All four women’s foilists had to compete in the preliminary rounds and all four found a way to advance to Sunday’s elimination table.
Americans Ambika Singh, Nzingha Prescod, and Lee Kiefer won convincingly in their pool match ups to qualify directly to the top-64. 2008 Olympic Team member Doris Willette faced an elimination bout to qualify for the top-64. She won 12-6 and will face off against Italy’s Margherita Granbassi on Sunday.
The format for the 2009 World Championships is slightly different than years past. Here’s the breakdown:
- Top 16 fencers in the FIE world rankings automatically qualify for the DE of 64.
- The top 16 fencers out of pools qualify directly to the final day’s DE of 64
- The bottom 20% of fencers out of pools are eliminated
- The remaining fencers compete in a preliminary DE table until 32 remain to fill out the DE table of 64
- The final day of competition is run as a single elimination DE table.
In men’s epee, the US fencers did not fare as well against the deep talent pool.
Benjamin Bratton won all of his pool bouts and advanced directly to Sunday’s elimination rounds. Eric Hansen won only one of his pool bouts and failed to qualify and the Cody Mattern won one qualification match 15-4 before falling to Poland’s Krzysztof Mikolajczak 15-10. 2008 Olympian Seth Kelsey had a bye into Sunday’s elimination round.
UniversalSports.com will broadcast Sunday’s finals live — the second of six such days — beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET.
The competition continues on Friday with the preliminaries of men’s sabre and women’s epee. Discussion continues in the forums.
{mospagebreak title=Women’s Foil DE Table}
Women’s Foil Table of 64
| 1 | NAM Hyun Hee | KOR | |||
| 9:00 bleue | |||||
| 64 | KAZANTSEVA Yelena | KAZ | |||
| 10:40 bleue | |||||
| 33 | KRYCZALO Katarzyna | POL | |||
| 9:25 bleue | |||||
| 32 | LIN Po Heung | HKG | |||
| 12:20 bleue | |||||
| 17 | KOROBEINIKOVA Larisa | RUS | |||
| 9:50 bleue | |||||
| 48 | BENTLEY Anna | GBR | |||
| 11:05 bleue | |||||
| 49 | ANDREI Andreea | ROU | |||
| 10:15 bleue | |||||
| 16 | BOUBAKRI Ines | TUN | |||
| 9 | JEON Hee Sook | KOR | |||
| 9:00 rouge | |||||
| 56 | THERRIEN Annie-Claude | CAN | |||
| 11:30 bleue | |||||
| 41 | BERTA Adrienn | HUN | |||
| 9:25 rouge | |||||
| 24 | PRESCOD Nzingha | USA | |||
| 12:45 bleue | |||||
| 25 | KHISMATULINA Olena | UKR | |||
| 9:50 rouge | |||||
| 40 | ICHIKAWA Michiko | JPN | |||
| 11:55 bleue | |||||
| 57 | TOR Cansu | TUR | |||
| 10:15 rouge | |||||
| 8 | GOLUBYTSKYI Carolin | GER | |||
| 5 | GRUCHALA Sylwia | POL | |||
| 9:00 verte | |||||
| 60 | COMERFORD Shannon | CAN | |||
| 10:40 rouge | |||||
| 37 | CHEN Jinyan | CHN | |||
| 9:25 verte | |||||
| 28 | KIEFER Lee | USA | |||
| 12:20 rouge | |||||
| 21 | GUYART Astrid | FRA | |||
| 9:50 verte | |||||
| 44 | BOTROS Christine | BRA | |||
| 11:05 rouge | |||||
| 53 | GHITA Cristina | ROU | |||
| 10:15 verte | |||||
| 12 | MAITREJEAN Corrine | FRA | |||
| 13 | SCHACHE Anja | GER | |||
| 9:00 jaune | |||||
| 52 | RYAN Kelleigh | CAN | |||
| 11:30 rouge | |||||
| 45 | KWAN Monica | CAN | |||
| 9:25 jaune | |||||
| 20 | KLEINBERGER Sandra | AUT | |||
| 12:45 rouge | |||||
| 29 | MOUMAS Melanie | FRA | |||
| 9:50 jaune | |||||
| 36 | HATUEL Delila | ISR | |||
| 11:55 rouge | |||||
| 61 | WOJTKOWIAK Malgorzata | POL | |||
| 10:15 jaune | |||||
| 4 | ERRIGO Arianna | ITA | |||
| 3 | GRANBASSI Margherita | ITA | |||
| 9:00 piste 1 | |||||
| 62 | WILLETTE Doris | USA | |||
| 10:40 verte | |||||
| 35 | VARGA Katalin | HUN | |||
| 9:25 piste 1 | |||||
| 30 | JUNG Gil Ok | KOR | |||
| 12:20 verte | |||||
| 19 | SINGH Ambika | USA | |||
| 9:50 piste 1 | |||||
| 46 | BENNETT Claire | GBR | |||
| 11:05 verte | |||||
| 51 | DE MORAIS ROCHEL Tais | BRA | |||
| 10:15 piste 1 | |||||
| 14 | SHANAEVA Aida | RUS | |||
| 11 | BIRIOUKOVA Julia | RUS | |||
| 9:00 piste 2 | |||||
| 54 | NISHIOKA Shiho | JPN | |||
| 11:30 verte | |||||
| 43 | KREISS Fanny | HUN | |||
| 9:25 piste 2 | |||||
| 22 | SU Wan Wen | CHN | |||
| 12:45 verte | |||||
| 27 | IKEHATA Kanae | JPN | |||
| 9:50 piste 2 | |||||
| 38 | STAHL Cristina | ROU | |||
| 11:55 verte | |||||
| 59 | MICHEL Nataly | MEX | |||
| 10:15 piste 2 | |||||
| 6 | WAECHTER Katja | GER | |||
| 7 | VARGA Gabriella | HUN | |||
| 9:00 piste 3 | |||||
| 58 | KARAMETE Merve | TUR | |||
| 10:40 jaune | |||||
| 39 | CHENTSOVA Kateryna | UKR | |||
| 9:25 piste 3 | |||||
| 26 | CHLEWINSKA Karolina | POL | |||
| 12:20 jaune | |||||
| 23 | SEO Mi Jung | KOR | |||
| 9:50 piste 3 | |||||
| 42 | UJLAKY Virginie | FRA | |||
| 11:05 jaune | |||||
| 55 | MORI Yuki | JPN | |||
| 10:15 piste 3 | |||||
| 10 | DI FRANCISCA Elisa | ITA | |||
| 15 | GAFURZIANOVA Kamilla | RUS | |||
| 9:00 piste 4 | |||||
| 50 | SHI Yun | CHN | |||
| 11:30 jaune | |||||
| 47 | EMANUEL Martina | GBR | |||
| 9:25 piste 4 | |||||
| 18 | DAI Huili | CHN | |||
| 12:45 jaune | |||||
| 31 | LELEYKO Olga A. | UKR | |||
| 9:50 piste 4 | |||||
| 34 | GONZALEZ Mariana | VEN | |||
| 11:55 jaune | |||||
| 63 | BARTKOWSKI Maria | GER | |||
| 10:15 piste 4 | |||||
| 2 | VEZZALI Valentina | ITA |
{mospagebreak title=Men’s Epee DE Table}
Men’s Epee Table of 64
| 1 | SCHMID Sven | GER | |||
| 64 | TIVENIUS Jan | SWE | |||
| 33 | MADRIGAL SARDINAS Guillermo | CUB | |||
| 32 | SOMFAI Peter | HUN | |||
| 17 | LEVIT Doron | ISR | |||
| 48 | SCHMITT Martin | GER | |||
| 49 | SUKHOV Pavel | RUS | |||
| 16 | MARTINELLI Francesco | ITA | |||
| 9 | FERNANDEZ Silvio | VEN | |||
| 56 | YAGHOOBIAN Ali | IRI | |||
| 41 | FONT Marc | ESP | |||
| 24 | KAUTER Fabian | SUI | |||
| 25 | JARVE Sven | EST | |||
| 40 | KATCHIOURINE Serguei | KGZ | |||
| 57 | KHVOROST Maksym | UKR | |||
| 8 | ABAJO Jose Luis | ESP | |||
| 5 | FIEDLER Joerg | GER | |||
| 60 | GRYAZNOV Dmitryi | KAZ | |||
| 37 | COUFAL Zdenek | CZE | |||
| 28 | ALIMZHANOV Elmir | KAZ | |||
| 21 | BRATTON Benjamin | USA | |||
| 44 | KAUTER Michael | SUI | |||
| 53 | JUNG Seung Hwa | KOR | |||
| 12 | LUCENAY Jean-Michel | FRA | |||
| 13 | LIMARDO Ruben | VEN | |||
| 52 | REDLI Andras | HUN | |||
| 45 | CADMAN Thomas | GBR | |||
| 20 | AVDEEV Anton | RUS | |||
| 29 | ZAWROTNIAK Radoslaw | POL | |||
| 36 | BAJGORIC Tigran | CAN | |||
| 61 | NISHIDA Shogo | JPN | |||
| 4 | BOCZKO Gabor | HUN | |||
| 3 | ROTA Alfredo | ITA | |||
| 62 | DEBIC Ozren | CRO | |||
| 35 | REYZLIN Igor | UKR | |||
| 30 | VIDEIRA Joaquim | POR | |||
| 19 | JUNG Jin Sun | KOR | |||
| 46 | SZILAGYI Adrian Ciprian | ROU | |||
| 51 | YIN Lianchi | CHN | |||
| 14 | CONFALONIERI Diego | ITA | |||
| 11 | VERWIJLEN Bas | NED | |||
| 54 | MEDVEDEV Vitaliy | UKR | |||
| 43 | KARDOLUS Arwin | NED | |||
| 22 | BOISVERT-SIMARD Hugues | CAN | |||
| 27 | KUDAYEV Ruslan | UZB | |||
| 38 | KIM Won Jin | KOR | |||
| 59 | PRIINITS Sten | EST | |||
| 6 | TAGLIARIOL Matteo | ITA | |||
| 7 | KELSEY Weston | USA | |||
| 58 | WANG Feng | CHN | |||
| 39 | MIKOLAJCZAK Krzysztof | POL | |||
| 26 | PARK Kyoung Doo | KOR | |||
| 23 | IMRE Geza | HUN | |||
| 42 | HERPE Ido | ISR | |||
| 55 | TCHALDIN Nikolay | LTU | |||
| 10 | NOVOSJOLOV Nikolai | EST | |||
| 15 | ROBEIRI Ulrich | FRA | |||
| 50 | TOURCHINE Igor | RUS | |||
| 47 | JEANNET Jerome | FRA | |||
| 18 | MOTYKA Tomasz | POL | |||
| 31 | INOSTROZA BUDINICH Paris A. | CHI | |||
| 34 | PIASECKI Bartosz | NOR | |||
| 63 | SAKAMOTO Keisuke | JPN | |||
| 2 | GRUMIER Gauthier | FRA |