Marco Siesto is widely regarded among the fencing community as the world’s best sabre referee—a tremendous feat given the difficulty in judging this incredibly technical and fast event.

He began his world-level refereeing career at a young age, and here at the World Championships in St. Petersburg he shares his very personal insights about staying in control, dealing with scrutiny, changes in the sport, and what it takes to achieve greatness at the highest level.

Listen and learn the secrets of sabre refereeing from one of the world’s best.

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Serge Timacheff has contributed several interviews to Fencing.Net and provides a wealth of Fencing Photographs and Images from his site, FencingPhotos.com

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