Craig Harkins
Craig has been fencing since he saw Peter Westbrook win a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics. Craig has covered the sport of fencing since 1995 via articles and newsletters on Fencing.Net. He has most recently re-entered competitive fencing in the Vet40 age category.
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Dumitrescu rallies – takes sabre title from Italy
Tim Morehouse fences Russia’s Kovalev in the Men’s Team Sabre competition. Serge Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com An 11-4 run from Rares Dumitrescu in the final bout shuts down
Italy Dominates Russia – Takes Womens Foil Crown
2009 World Champion Aida Shanaeva was no match for the combined Italian forces as Shanaeva went -11, and Italy reclaims the women’s team foil crown
France Wins Epee Championship
Gauthier Grumier of France used the same action 6 times in a row to open up a 3 point lead over Hungary and closed out
Ukraine dominates to win Womens Sabre World Championship
The 2008 gold medal winning Ukrainian women’s sabre team continued to steamroll the competition at the 2009 World Championships team event. Anchored by Olga Kharlan,
Float like a butterfly, sting like Avdeev!
In depth analysis of the Men’s Epee Finals at the 2009 Fencing World Championships. The Men’s Epee finals were hosted in Antalya, Turkey this past