Warsaw Men's Sabre Grand Prix
Celebrating the top-8 in Warsaw. Photo by S.Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com

Alexei Yakimenko (RUS) defeated Woo Young Won (KOR) 15-13 in the finals of the Warsaw Men’s Sabre Grand Prix.  With the victory, Yakimenko passed Nicolas Limbach (GER) to claim the #1 World Ranking on the FIE points list.  Limbach, injured in the Athens world cup, was back to top form, placing 3rd after losing to Won 15-6 in the semi-finals.  Giampiero Pastore (ITA) shared 3rd place, losing to Yakimenko 15-13 in the semi-final match.

Daryl Homer fences Limbach
Daryl Homer held an early lead against Limbach. Photo S.Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com

On the US side, Daryl Homer and James Williams made the top-16.  Homer started the morning defeating Benedikt Wagner (GER) 15-12, then followed up with a nail-biting 15-14 win over Jaime Marti (ESP).  Homer then ran into Limbach.  Homer lead for part of the match, by as many as 4 touches but Limbach came back to win the match 15-11.

James Williams defeated Oleg Shturbabin (UKR) 15-12, then James Honeybone (GBR) 15-11 in the 64 and 32.  In the top-16 Williams fell to Canada’s Joseph Polossifikas 15-11.

Tim Morehouse and Jeff Spear made the top-32, placing 27th and 29th.  Morehouse won his opening round match against Van Holsbeke (BEL) 15-12 and then was tied with Aldo Montano (ITA) at 11-11 before losing 15-13.  Spear defeated Buikevich (BLR) 15-1 and then ran into Rares Dumitrescu (ROU) 15-5.

Ben Igoe lost his opening round match to Bolande Apithy (FRA) 15-7 and Mihail Etropolski lost a heartbreaker 15-14 to Renzo Agresta (BRA).

The tournament was run on the MASK scoring system (http://www.mat-fencing.com/).

Results: Warsaw Grand Prix.  Top 8 + US Finishes

PlaceNameNationalityCurrent WR
1YAKIMENKO AlexeyRUS1
2WON Woo YoungKOR3
3PASTORE GiampieroITA20
3LIMBACH NicolasGER2
5MONTANO AldoITA5
6DUMITRESCU RaresROU6
7APITHY BoladeFRA9
8POLOSSIFAKIS JosephCAN30
13HOMER DarylUSA18
15WILLIAMS JamesUSA55
27MOREHOUSE TimothyUSA28
29SPEAR JeffUSA82
36ETROPOLSKI MihailUSA45
53IGOE BenjaminUSA52
74ZUCK AveryUSA226
91CLEMENT LutherUSA222

More Photos:

Tim Morehouse. Photo S.Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com
Daryl Homer fencing in Warsaw
Daryl Homer Photo S.Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com
James Williams fencing in Warsaw
James Williams. Photo S.Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com

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