Jon Aspin
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Jon Aspin has been writing about sport since he played in a losing Collegiate Cup football final at Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide, South Australia, 17 years ago. Travelling and working on multiple continents in the ensuing years, he now divides his time between sub-editing daily news in Vietnam, pondering his next bicycle purchase and various freelance assignments. He's never quite gotten over that loss though.
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Italian Gold Rush continues in Men’s Foil while Russia clean-sweeps the Women’s Sabre
- By Jon Aspin
- . July 25, 2018
Alessio Foconi has continued Italy’s dream run at these World Championships, taking gold in the men’s foil while Russia’s Sofia Pozdniakova was at the head
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Volpi claims more gold for Italy, Borel wins for France at World Championships
- By Jon Aspin
- . July 24, 2018
Italy’s Alice Volpi has followed up her teammate Mara Navarria’s heroics in the epee on day 4 by winning gold in the women’s foil on
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Korea, Italy claim first Gold at World Championships in China
- By Jon Aspin
- . July 23, 2018
Korea’s Junghwan Kim and Italy’s Mara Navarria have taken gold in the men’s saber and women’s epee events on day four of the ongoing World
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Russia’s Women and Men show their class at European Championships in Serbia
- By Jon Aspin
- . July 15, 2018
Defending World and Olympic Champion Inna Deriglazova and veteran teammates Sofia Velikaya and Aleksey Cheremisinov have proven they still have a lot of quality fencing
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Team USA Dominant, Ends Dominant Pan-American Championships With 11 Golds
- By Jon Aspin
- . June 24, 2018
Team USA has taken 11 out of a possible 12 gold medals in the individual and team competitions at the recently completed Pan-American Championships in