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Limbach win’s sabre, Shutova epee

Women's Epee FinalOn the final day of the individual events of the 2009 Fencing World Championships, Russia and Germany added gold medals as the US fencers make an early exit.

Russia earned another world championship title as Lubov Shutova bested Canada’s Sherraine Schalm 9-8 in overtime in the women’s epee event. Germany added a gold medal in men’s sabre to go with their men’s foil bronze as Nicolas Limbach bested Romania’s Rares Dumitrescu 15-11.

{sidebar id=1}The US fencers fell early in this final day of individual competition. In men’s sabre Tim Morehouse, James Williams, and Ben Igoe all lost their first round matches. Daryl Homer won his first match 15-13 against Oleksandr Torchuk (UKR), but then lost to Spain’s Jorge Pina 15-12. In the women’s epee competition the US had two fencers make today’s round of 64. Courtney Hurley lost to Nathalie Moellhausen (ITA) and Lindsay Campbell lost to Bianca Del Carretto (ITA).

Correction: On Sunday the article on men’s epee was in error.  We had reported that US fencer Ben Bratton was eliminated in the first round of direct eliminations.  In fact, he won the first round and lost in the top-64.  The corrected version of the article can be found here.

Women’s Epee Final

Women’s epee featured a tense final bout as the first period ended with the Russian Shutova clinging to a 6-5 lead over Schalm. In the second period, Schalm pinned Shutova at the end of the strip and used the extra pressure to set up a touch to tie the bout at 7. Unlike the previous bouts, neither fencer was able to dominate the direction of the bout in the first two periods. The fencers slowed the action down to a crawl as neither could set up their favored actions and the 3rd period ended in an 8-8 tie.

Starting the final overtime period, Shutova won priority, forcing Schalm to score a touch in the overtime 3 minute period. With only 20 seconds remaining in the overtime period, Shutova scored on Sutova scored on an attack with 20 seconds left in the overtime period.

In earlier semi-final action each Shutova and Schalm each dominated the direction of their bouts. Lubov Shutova (RUS) wasted no time and crushed Ukranian Anfisa Pochkalova 15-3. The match featured Shutova controlling the actions from the very beginning and never letting up.

The second semi-final was more evenly matched as Canada’s Sherraine Schalm matched up against a much taller Sonja Tol (NED). Schalm used her greater athleticism to bait Tol’s attack and hit with a series of actions into Tol’s preparation of after Tol’s first attack failed. Tol seemed to find the answer early in the second period as she executed some long attacks to score, but Schalm was able to solve for that problem, rattle off a few double-touches and calmly counter Tol’s final desparation attacks.

Men’s Sabre Finals

In the men’s sabre event Limbach matched his fast attack against Dumitrescu’s ability to pull distance and launch well timed counter attacks. Limbach seemed well prepared for Dumirescu’s actions, and followed the plan of taking over the attach throughout the bout. Limbach was caught early on by Dumitrescu’s ability to get out of range of the attack and then jump back inside for the counter-action and Dumitrescu lead at the break 8-7. Limbach made the adjustment to keep his attack moving forward and neutralized the Romanian’s ability to score, and took over the match to win 15-11.

Earlier, Limbach had done much the same thing in a 15-9 win over Italian fencer Luigi Tarantino. As Tarantino looked to attack, Limbach was just faster off the line and was able to win his actions. A frustrated Tarantino seemed out of the match with 3 touches to go and could not pull himself back into the match. During the other semi-final bout, Dumitrescu used his height advantage over Tamas Decsi of Hungary to catch Decsi with early counter-attacks. Dumitrescu won that match 15-10.

{mospagebreak title=Men’s Sabre Top 8}

2009 Men’s Sabre World Championship – Top 8

1 LIMBACH Nicolas GER
LIMBACH Nicolas
8 OH Eun Seok KOR 15/10
LIMBACH Nicolas
5 TARANTINO Luigi ITA 15/9
TARANTINO Luigi
4 LUKASHENKO Vladimir UKR 15/12
LIMBACH Nicolas
3 MONTANO Aldo ITA 15/11
DUMITRESCU Rares
6 DUMITRESCU Rares ROU 15/14
DUMITRESCU Rares
7 DECSI Tamas HUN 15/10
DECSI Tamas
2 ZALOMIR Gelu Florin ROU 15/13


{mospagebreak title=Men’s Sabre Top 64}

2009 Men’s Sabre World Championship – Top 64

1 LIMBACH Nicolas GER
LIMBACH Nicolas
64 HUTCHISON Neil GBR 15/13
LIMBACH Nicolas
33 DOLNICEANU Tiberiu ROU 15/11
LAM Hin Chung
32 LAM Hin Chung HKG 15/7
LIMBACH Nicolas
17 OCCHIUZZI Diego ITA 15/11
OCCHIUZZI Diego
48 LONTAY Balazs HUN 15/12
LAPKES Dmitri
49 SHIMAMURA Tomohiro JPN 15/12
LAPKES Dmitri
16 LAPKES Dmitri BLR 15/5
9 ZHONG Man CHN
ZHONG Man
56 JIANG Ke Lu CHN 15/10
SANSON Boris
41 LIKHACHEUSKI Aliaksei BLR 15/11
SANSON Boris
24 SANSON Boris FRA 15/14
OH Eun Seok
25 OH Eun Seok KOR 15/12
OH Eun Seok
40 GORSKI Mateusz POL 15/9
OH Eun Seok
57 GIONOV Dobrin BUL 15/13
PASTORE Giampiero
8 PASTORE Giampiero ITA 15/2
5 TARANTINO Luigi ITA
TARANTINO Luigi
60 BEAUDRY Philippe CAN 15/11
TARANTINO Luigi
37 WILLIAMS James USA 15/14
KOVALEV Nikolay
28 KOVALEV Nikolay RUS 15/13
TARANTINO Luigi
21 HANCEANU Cosmin ROU 15/13
HANCEANU Cosmin
44 BOYKO Dmytro UKR 15/9
LIU Xiao
53 LIU Xiao CHN 15/11
LIU Xiao
12 MOREHOUSE Timothy USA 15/12
13 NEMCSIK Zsolt HUN
NEMCSIK Zsolt
52 SHTURBABIN Oleg UKR 15/10
NEMCSIK Zsolt
45 MAYER Nicolas CAN 15/7
SKRODZKI Adam
20 SKRODZKI Adam POL 15/4
LUKASHENKO Vladimir
29 MORENO Pablo ESP 15/13
MORENO Pablo
36 BAZADZE Beka GEO 15/6
LUKASHENKO Vladimir
61 LUKASHENKO Vladimir UKR 15/10
LUKASHENKO Vladimir
4 PILLET Julien FRA 15/14
3 MONTANO Aldo ITA
MONTANO Aldo
62 PARK In KOR 15/7
MONTANO Aldo
35 RESHETNIKOV Veniamin RUS 15/8
RESHETNIKOV Veniamin
30 CERANOWICZ Jakub POL 15/9
MONTANO Aldo
19 HUEBNER Bjoern GER 15/12
HUEBNER Bjoern
46 GU Bon Gil KOR 15/10
SZILAGYI Aron
51 COUTURIER Vincent CAN 15/14
SZILAGYI Aron
14 SZILAGYI Aron HUN 15/9
11 MARTI Jaime ESP
MARTI Jaime
54 CASARES Fernando ESP 15/7
MARTI Jaime
43 KLEBES Johannes GER 15/6
KLEBES Johannes
22 JANSEN Hernan VEN 15/12
DUMITRESCU Rares
27 POLOSSIFAKIS Joseph CAN 15/9
POLOSSIFAKIS Joseph
38 ANSTETT Vincent FRA 15/11
DUMITRESCU Rares
59 KEITA Mamoudou SEN 15/3
DUMITRESCU Rares
6 DUMITRESCU Rares ROU 15/5
7 DECSI Tamas HUN
DECSI Tamas
58 ABEDINI SHORMASTI Mojtara IRI 15/8
DECSI Tamas
39 MOKRETSOV Ilia RUS 15/12
PRYIEMKA Valery
26 PRYIEMKA Valery BLR 15/8
DECSI Tamas
23 HOMER Daryl USA 15/14
HOMER Daryl
42 TORCHUK Oleksandr UKR 15/13
PINA Jorge
55 TURLYBEKOV Zhanserik KAZ 15/12
PINA Jorge
10 PINA Jorge ESP 15/8
15 IGOE Benjamin USA
KIM Jung Hwan
50 KIM Jung Hwan KOR 15/9
ZALOMIR Gelu Florin
47 BUIKEVICH Aliaksandr BLR 15/13
ZALOMIR Gelu Florin
18 ZALOMIR Gelu Florin ROU 15/12
ZALOMIR Gelu Florin
31 BEISHEIM Benedikt GER 15/14
BEISHEIM Benedikt
34 YAMAMOTO Koji JPN 15/13
LOPEZ Nicolas
63 O’CONNELL Alexander GBR 15/13
LOPEZ Nicolas
2 LOPEZ Nicolas FRA 15/8


{mospagebreak title=Men’s Sabre Final Results}

2009 Men’s Sabre World Championships – Final Ranking

1 LIMBACH Nicolas GER
2 DUMITRESCU Rares ROU
3 DECSI Tamas HUN
3 TARANTINO Luigi ITA
5 MONTANO Aldo ITA
6 ZALOMIR Gelu Florin ROU
7 OH Eun Seok KOR
8 LUKASHENKO Vladimir UKR
9 LOPEZ Nicolas FRA
10 PINA Jorge ESP
11 MARTI Jaime ESP
12 NEMCSIK Zsolt HUN
13 SZILAGYI Aron HUN
14 LAPKES Dmitri BLR
15 SANSON Boris FRA
16 LIU Xiao CHN
17 PASTORE Giampiero ITA
18 ZHONG Man CHN
19 OCCHIUZZI Diego ITA
20 HUEBNER Bjoern GER
21 SKRODZKI Adam POL
22 HANCEANU Cosmin ROU
23 HOMER Daryl USA
24 PRYIEMKA Valery BLR
25 POLOSSIFAKIS Joseph CAN
26 KOVALEV Nikolay RUS
27 MORENO Pablo ESP
28 BEISHEIM Benedikt GER
29 LAM Hin Chung HKG
30 RESHETNIKOV Veniamin RUS
31 KLEBES Johannes GER
32 KIM Jung Hwan KOR
33 PILLET Julien FRA
34 MOREHOUSE Timothy USA
35 IGOE Benjamin USA
36 JANSEN Hernan VEN
37 CERANOWICZ Jakub POL
38 DOLNICEANU Tiberiu ROU
39 YAMAMOTO Koji JPN
40 BAZADZE Beka GEO
41 WILLIAMS James USA
42 ANSTETT Vincent FRA
43 MOKRETSOV Ilia RUS
44 GORSKI Mateusz POL
45 LIKHACHEUSKI Aliaksei BLR
46 TORCHUK Oleksandr UKR
47 BOYKO Dmytro UKR
47 MAYER Nicolas CAN
49 GU Bon Gil KOR
50 BUIKEVICH Aliaksandr BLR
51 LONTAY Balazs HUN
52 SHIMAMURA Tomohiro JPN
53 COUTURIER Vincent CAN
54 SHTURBABIN Oleg UKR
55 CASARES Fernando ESP
56 TURLYBEKOV Zhanserik KAZ
57 JIANG Ke Lu CHN
58 GIONOV Dobrin BUL
59 ABEDINI SHORMASTI Mojtara IRI
60 BEAUDRY Philippe CAN
60 KEITA Mamoudou SEN
62 PARK In KOR
63 O’CONNELL Alexander GBR
64 HUTCHISON Neil GBR
65 KEITA Ibrahima SEN
66 TILENSHIYEV Yeraly KAZ
67 KIZILDAG Erdogan TUR
68 MAMMADOV Samir AZE
69 YILDIRIM Kerem S. TUR
70 ZEYTOUNLIAN Willian BRA
71 VAN HOLSBEKE Seppe BEL
72 HE Wei CHN
73 OGAWA Satoshi JPN
74 BALABAYEV Andrey KAZ
75 SEQUERA Jose VEN
76 EL SIDDIQ Ahmed QAT
77 AKGUN Hakan TUR
78 MONGONDJI MAMBELE Roger COD
79 KUDO Shinya JPN
80 IZAGUIRRE SANCHEZ Marco A. HON
81 SARRIS Evangelos GRE
82 STANISLAWSKI Adrian POL
83 DOLEZAL Jan CZE
83 MAIMON Yaniv ISR
85 KOSIKOV Vardan RUS
86 BUNIYATOV Ilham AZE
87 MIKELADZE Lasha GEO
88 FROLOV Yevgeniy KAZ
89 MARAIS Ashley RSA
90 AYDIN Ali TUR
91 IVANOV Antonio BUL
92 KAMATE MWERA John COD
93 DARVISHIJANI Parviz IRI
94 OUEDRAOGO Julien BUR
95 CANTAROVICH Diego ARG
95 FOTOUHI Mohammad IRI
97 SCHWARTZ Paul RSA
98 DIAGNE Moustapha SEN
99 AMIROV Ramin AZE
100 MAULIADHANI Ruli INA
101 ALTHUFAIRI Fahed KUW
102 TITUS Marius RSA
103 KURIC Miroslav CZE
104 TAHERKHANI Hamidreza IRI


{mospagebreak title=Women’s Epee Top 8}

2009 Women’s Epee World Championship – Top 8

1 HEIDEMANN Britta GER
POCHKALOVA Anfisa
8 POCHKALOVA Anfisa UKR 15/12
SHUTOVA Lubov
5 SHUTOVA Lubov RUS 15/3
SHUTOVA Lubov
4 FLESSEL-COLOVIC Laura FRA 8/7
SHUTOVA Lubov
3 XU Anqi CHN 9/8
TOL Sonja
6 TOL Sonja NED 15/12
SCHALM Sherraine
7 DMOWSKA-ANDRZEJUK Danuta POL 15/11
SCHALM Sherraine
2 SCHALM Sherraine CAN 11/10


{mospagebreak title=Women’s Epee Top 64}

2009 Women’s Epee World Championship – Top 64

1 HEIDEMANN Britta GER
HEIDEMANN Britta
64 KOUBANI Vassiliki GRE 13/7
HEIDEMANN Britta
33 ALEXANDRU Simona ROU 15/11
ALEXANDRU Simona
32 PANUSCHKA Claudia AUT 15/10
HEIDEMANN Britta
17 LUO Xiaojuan CHN 15/13
LUO Xiaojuan
48 GEROUDET Tiffany SUI 15/13
LUO Xiaojuan
49 CASCIOLI Cristiana ITA 15/12
CASCIOLI Cristiana
16 MARKOVIC Marijana GER 12/10
9 MAROIU Anca ROU
NELIP Ewa
56 NELIP Ewa POL 15/11
POCHKALOVA Anfisa
41 POCHKALOVA Anfisa UKR 15/4
POCHKALOVA Anfisa
24 MACESEANU Iuliana ROU 15/14
POCHKALOVA Anfisa
25 MILLS Noam ISR 15/14
MILLS Noam
40 GALANTINE Vanessa FRA 15/10
MILLS Noam
57 HURLEY Courtney USA 15/8
MOELLHAUSEN Nathalie
8 MOELLHAUSEN Nathalie ITA 15/10
5 SHUTOVA Lubov RUS
SHUTOVA Lubov
60 ZVEREVA Yana RUS 5/4
SHUTOVA Lubov
37 KIM Bo-Mi KOR 15/11
SHIMOOKAWA Ayaka
28 SHIMOOKAWA Ayaka JPN 15/8
SHUTOVA Lubov
21 CAO Yulian CHN 11/10
CAO Yulian
44 WESTMAN Nina SWE 15/10
LAMON Sophie
53 SWITZER Ainsley CAN 15/14
LAMON Sophie
12 LAMON Sophie SUI 15/14
13 SAMUELSSON Emma SWE
SAMUELSSON Emma
52 NAEF Simone SUI 15/8
BARVESTAD Kinka
45 BARVESTAD Kinka SWE 15/13
BARVESTAD Kinka
20 NAKANO Nozomi JPN 9/8
FLESSEL-COLOVIC Laura
29 SUN Yujie CHN 15/7
EMBRICH Irina
36 EMBRICH Irina EST 15/13
FLESSEL-COLOVIC Laura
61 MARTINEZ Maria VEN 15/14
FLESSEL-COLOVIC Laura
4 FLESSEL-COLOVIC Laura FRA 15/4
3 SZASZ Emese HUN
SZASZ Emese
62 BELJAJEVA Julia EST 13/7
SZASZ Emese
35 PIEKARSKA Magdalena POL 14/12
ORTIZ FUENTE Zuleidis
30 ORTIZ FUENTE Zuleidis CUB 15/11
XU Anqi
19 XU Anqi CHN 15/14
XU Anqi
46 LAWRENCE Corinna GBR 15/12
XU Anqi
51 JUNG Hyo-Jung KOR 15/10
JUNG Hyo-Jung
14 SOZANSKA Monika GER 15/6
11 TOL Sonja NED
TOL Sonja
54 PARKINSON Amber AUS 15/5
TOL Sonja
43 NISIMA Maureen FRA 15/9
NISIMA Maureen
22 IZSO Katalin HUN 15/12
TOL Sonja
27 KRYVYTSKA Olena UKR 15/13
SHEMYAKINA Yana
38 SHEMYAKINA Yana UKR 15/14
SHEMYAKINA Yana
59 RUBLEVSKA Jelena LAT 15/9
DUPLITZER Imke
6 DUPLITZER Imke GER 15/7
7 LOGOUNOVA Tatiana RUS
LOGOUNOVA Tatiana
58 DOUBOVA Daniela CZE 15/4
DEL CARRETTO Bianca
39 CAMPBELL Lindsay USA 13/7
DEL CARRETTO Bianca
26 DEL CARRETTO Bianca ITA 15/8
DMOWSKA-ANDRZEJUK Danuta
23 DMOWSKA-ANDRZEJUK Danuta POL 15/11
DMOWSKA-ANDRZEJUK Danuta
42 PARK Se Ra KOR 15/13
DMOWSKA-ANDRZEJUK Danuta
55 NARITA Hiroko JPN 15/7
KIRALY PICOT Hajnalka
10 KIRALY PICOT Hajnalka FRA 12/8
15 SCHALM Sherraine CAN
SCHALM Sherraine
50 QUONDAMCARLO Francesca ITA 15/11
SCHALM Sherraine
47 PARTALA Olga UKR 15/9
BEREZA Malgorzata
18 BEREZA Malgorzata POL 15/9
SCHALM Sherraine
31 TOTH Hajnalka HUN 10/9
KOCHNEVA Olga
34 KOCHNEVA Olga RUS 15/6
BRANZA Ana
63 OH Yun Hee KOR 15/10
BRANZA Ana
2 BRANZA Ana ROU 15/10


{mospagebreak title=Women’s Epee Final Results}

2009 Women’s Epee World Championship – Final Ranking

1 SHUTOVA Lubov RUS
2 SCHALM Sherraine CAN
3 POCHKALOVA Anfisa UKR
3 TOL Sonja NED
5 HEIDEMANN Britta GER
6 FLESSEL-COLOVIC Laura FRA
7 XU Anqi CHN
8 DMOWSKA-ANDRZEJUK Danuta POL
9 BRANZA Ana ROU
10 SZASZ Emese HUN
11 LAMON Sophie SUI
12 LUO Xiaojuan CHN
13 MILLS Noam ISR
14 DEL CARRETTO Bianca ITA
15 SHEMYAKINA Yana UKR
16 BARVESTAD Kinka SWE
17 DUPLITZER Imke GER
18 MOELLHAUSEN Nathalie ITA
19 LOGOUNOVA Tatiana RUS
20 KIRALY PICOT Hajnalka FRA
21 SAMUELSSON Emma SWE
22 BEREZA Malgorzata POL
23 CAO Yulian CHN
24 SHIMOOKAWA Ayaka JPN
25 ORTIZ FUENTE Zuleidis CUB
26 ALEXANDRU Simona ROU
27 KOCHNEVA Olga RUS
28 EMBRICH Irina EST
29 NISIMA Maureen FRA
30 CASCIOLI Cristiana ITA
31 JUNG Hyo-Jung KOR
32 NELIP Ewa POL
33 MAROIU Anca ROU
34 SOZANSKA Monika GER
35 MARKOVIC Marijana GER
36 NAKANO Nozomi JPN
37 IZSO Katalin HUN
38 MACESEANU Iuliana ROU
39 KRYVYTSKA Olena UKR
40 SUN Yujie CHN
41 TOTH Hajnalka HUN
42 PANUSCHKA Claudia AUT
43 PIEKARSKA Magdalena POL
44 KIM Bo-Mi KOR
45 CAMPBELL Lindsay USA
46 GALANTINE Vanessa FRA
47 PARK Se Ra KOR
48 WESTMAN Nina SWE
49 LAWRENCE Corinna GBR
49 PARTALA Olga UKR
51 GEROUDET Tiffany SUI
52 QUONDAMCARLO Francesca ITA
53 NAEF Simone SUI
54 SWITZER Ainsley CAN
55 PARKINSON Amber AUS
56 NARITA Hiroko JPN
57 DOUBOVA Daniela CZE
57 HURLEY Courtney USA
59 RUBLEVSKA Jelena LAT
60 MARTINEZ Maria VEN
60 ZVEREVA Yana RUS
62 BELJAJEVA Julia EST
63 OH Yun Hee KOR
64 KOUBANI Vassiliki GRE
65 ZUIKOVA Julia EST
66 HURLEY Kelley USA
67 STEFFLOVA Tereza CZE
68 GUNAC Gokce TUR
69 DE RIDDER Irma NED
70 JORQUERA PALMER Daria CAN
71 BERGDAHL Johanna SWE
72 ALBINI Elisa GBR
73 DONMEZ Duygu TUR
74 RODIC Smiljka SRB
75 TAKACS Emese HUN
76 RAKHMETOVA Karina KAZ
77 ANDREEVA Larisa KGZ
78 PUIKYTE Namida LTU
79 BESBES Sarra TUN
80 KUUSK Kristina EST
81 HALLS Joanna AUS
82 AZUKAITE Agne LTU
83 HUANG Magdalene Xin’En SIN
84 ILIC Danijela SRB
85 HUANG Shih-Ya RSA
85 OLEXOVA Martina CZE
87 KAMINSKAYA Vera KGZ
88 DANTAS Bianca BRA
89 LAVOIE Gabrielle CAN
90 SVATKOVSKAYA Oxana KAZ
91 POURRAHMATI Mahsaossadat IRI
92 YUNUSBAYEVA Jamilya KAZ
93 YAITSEVSKAYA Julia KGZ
94 CHRISTIE Erika BOL
95 GUILHON Cleia BRA
96 KAYABAS Aslihan TUR
97 MOKUMESI Nelly COD
98 NADEALI Vahideh IRI
99 CHEUNG Sik Lui HKG
100 LUI Sabrina HKG
101 MAISONET Olimar PUR
102 YEUNG Chui Ling HKG
103 DIMITROVA Tatyana BUL
104 EM Irina KAZ
105 ABIEVA Mergul KGZ
106 YUKIMOTO Keiko JPN
107 SCANLAN Susannah USA
108 COSTA Rayssa BRA
109 SIMEAO Amanda BRA
110 POORDANA Maryam IRI
111 EVEQUOZ Eleonore SUI
112 KABA Thethe COD
113 DU PLOOY Adele RSA
114 KEMP Caroline RSA
115 YEPES MOLINA Dirley Janineth CRC
116 DEGER Seda TUR
117 BOLODJWA Beatrice COD
118 MUSELEFU Sylvie COD

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