LAUSANNE, Switz., March 6-9, 2025 – Three International Fencing Federation World Cups took place in Padua, Cairo and Heraklion in women’s and men’s foil and sabre individual and team events.
Padua, Italy, “60th Trofeo Luxardo” Men’s Sabre World Cup – March 6-8
France’s Jean-Philippe Patrice won the men’s individual sabre gold medal at the Padua, Italy 60th “Trofeo Luxardo” Men’s Sabre World Cup and France won the team gold. The event took place at the Kioene Arena, with 258 men’s individual fencers and 29 men’s teams participating in the competition.
Patrice faced Italy’s Michele Gallo in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Gallo won against Korea’s Olympic and world champion Sanguk Oh, 15-14, while Patrice defeated Egypt’s Ziad Elsissy, 15-12.
France faced the USA in the final match of men’s team sabre, winning with a 45-39 score. In the semifinal round, USA won against Hungary, 45-44, while France defeated Korea, 45-30. The bronze medal went to Korea over Hungary, 45-41.
Final rankings in men’s individual sabre included Jean-Philippe Patrice (FRA, gold), Michele Gallo (ITA, silver), Sanguk Oh (KOR, bronze), Ziad Elsissy (EGY, bronze), Luca Curatoli (ITA), Chenpeng Shen (CHN), Shido Tsumori (JPN) and Mao Kokubo (JPN).
Final rankings in men’s team sabre included France (gold), USA (silver), Korea (bronze), Hungary, Italy, Romania, China and Japan.
Cairo National Bank of Egypt Women’s and Men’s Foil World Cup – March 6-9
Canada’s Eleanor Harvey and Italy’s Guillaume Bianchi won individual gold medals at the Cairo National Bank of Egypt Women’s and Men’s Foil World Cup, and Italy won the women’s and men’s team gold medals. The event took place at The Club Plus, with 184 women and 238 men participating in the individual foil competition as well as 22 and 23 women’s and men’s teams competing.
Harvey faced Italy’s Martina Batini in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Batini won against France’s Eva Lacheray, 15-12, while Harvey defeated Italy’s Martina Favaretto, 15-10. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Lacheray beat the USA’s two-time Olympic gold medallist Lee Kiefer, 15-13, and in the round of 32, Japan’s Sera Azuma won against Italy’s two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-14.
Bianchi faced Czechia’s Alexander Choupenitch in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Choupenitch won against Korea’s Jeonghyun Youn, 15-5, while Bianchi defeated the USA’s Gerek Meinhardt, 15-3. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Youn beat Italy’s world champion Tommaso Marini, 15-14 and Choupenitch beat Hong Kong, China’s two-time Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-8.
Italy faced the USA in the final match of women’s team foil, winning with a 44-38 score. In the semifinal round, USA won against Canada, 45-37, while Italy defeated France, 45-36. The bronze medal went to France over Canada, 45-35.
Italy faced the USA in the final match of men’s team foil, winning with a 45-34 score. In the semifinal round, USA won against Korea, 45-24, while Italy defeated France, 45-35. The bronze medal went to France over Korea, 45-44.
Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Eleanor Harvey (CAN, gold), Martina Batini (ITA, silver), Martina Favaretto (ITA, bronze), Eva Lacheray (FRA, bronze), Lee Kiefer (USA), Yuka Ueno (JPN), Anna Cristino (ITA) and Aurora Grandis (ITA).
Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Guillaume Bianchi (ITA, gold), Alexander Choupenitch (CZE, silver), Gerek Meinhardt (USA, bronze), Jeonghyun Youn (KOR, bronze), Ka Long Cheung (HKG), Tommaso Marini (ITA), Daniel Dosa (HUN) and Vladislav Mylnikov (AIN).
Final rankings in women’s team foil included Italy (gold), USA (silver), France (bronze), Canada, China, Japan, Hungary and Spain.
Final rankings in men’s team foil included Italy (gold), USA (silver), France (bronze), Korea, Hong Kong-China, Egypt, Hungary and Japan.
Heraklion, Greece, “Coupe Acropolis 2025” Women’s Sabre World Cup – March 7-9
Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura won the women’s individual gold medal at the Heraklion, Greece “Coupe Acropolis 2025” Women’s Sabre World Cup and China won the team gold. The event took place at the Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena “Two Aorakia”, with 190 women’s individual fencers and 23 women’s teams participating in the competition.
Emura faced Bulgaria’s Yoana Ilieva in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Ilieva won against France’s Sarah Noutcha, 15-13, while Emura defeated Hungary’s Sugar Katinka Battai, 15-13.
China faced France in the final match of women’s team sabre, winning with a 45-42 score. In the semifinal round, France won against Azerbaijan, 45-30, while China defeated Korea, 45-40. The bronze medal went to Korea over Azerbaijan, 45-33.
Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Misaki Emura (JPN, gold), Yoana Ilieva (BUL, silver), Sugar Katinka Battai (HUN, bronze), Sarah Noutcha (FRA, bronze), Araceli Navarro (ESP), Liza Pusztai (HUN), Toscane Tori (FRA) and Alina Komashchuk (UKR).
Final rankings in women’s team sabre included China (gold), France (silver), Korea (bronze), Azerbaijan, Spain, Japan, Ukraine and USA.
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