Tim Morehouse fenced his way to the quarterfinals of the Istanbul world cup in Turkey on January 16th. He placed 6th, losing to Romania’s Gelu Florin Zalomir 15-12.
Meanwhile, Gerek Meinhardt fenced in the men’s foil cup in Copenhagen and finished 9th. Tomer Or of Israel was his ouster in a 15-13 bout. Or would lose in the next round and finish 6th.
On his blog, Tim details the tactical thinking that turned a 12-13 deficit into a 15-13 ticket into the quarter-finals. The post includes video time stamps as well so you can see the actions Tim refers to. That post is a good read into the mind of a competitive fencer.
Other finishes for the United States included:
Istanbul Men’s Sabre World Cup:
{sidebar id=1}6 MOREHOUSE Timothy USA
11 IGOE Benjamin USA
12 WILLIAMS James USA
15 HOMER Daryl USA
18 ROGERS Jason USA
41 FISCHL Andrew USA
49 CLEMENT Luther USA
52 ETROPOLSKI Mihail USA
70 WELLER Teddy USA
[Istanbul Sabre World Cup Results List]
[Istanbul Sabre World Cup DE Table]
Copenhagen Men’s Foil World Cup:
9 MEINHARDT Gerek USA
17 GETZ Kurt USA
19 CHAMLEY-WATSON Miles USA
[Copenhagen Foil World Cup Results List]
[Copenhagen Foil World Cup DE Table]
Youtube Video of Morehouse’s T-16 bout in Istanbul
from Andrew Fischl (of fencingvideos.net):