St Petersburg GP

 2007 Men and Women's Foil Grand Prix RUS

Fencing Pictures packs its bags and heads to the Men's Foil Grand Prix in St. Petersburg RUSSIA. FP's cameras will be on-site to capture all the action.

Picture Gallery day one

Picture Gallery day two

 

Results

Men's Foil (141 fencers) March 10

Women's Foil (120 fencers) March 10


News

Congratulations to Lei Sheng CHN and Mohamed Aida HUN 

Men's Foil Final Results. 

Men's news:

  • Simone Vanni ITA beats Zhang CHN in T8!
  • Vanni is on fire today -- Vanni vs Joppich GER was an excellent match, hopefully we'll have some video for that.
  • The tournament is running late, so wireless will only be in T4.
  • Final 4: Kleibrink GER vs. Cassara ITA, Lei CHN vs Vanni ITA

Women's news:

  • Mueller GER vs. Mohamed HUN, Mueller loses
  • Nam KOR vs Salvatori ITA, Salvatori loses
  • Nam is wearing her FP patch! 
  • Nam KOR vs Mohamed HUN in the final

The venue that will be use is the same that will be use for the world championships in the fall. For the first time we will have a GP with transparent masks (mandatory for the host country) and the new wireless system for Foil.

Slow motion: FP will be providing slow motion for the referees. During a bout, the fencers will have three chance to ask for a replay. However — and this is a new rule! — if the fencer is right, then it doesn't  count against their three challenges. As long as the fencers successfully challenge a ruling with a slow-motion replay, they can keep requesting more. 

 

Videos and Interviews

We are preparing a full reportage about the wireless video. What we can tell you is that it works!!! and that  fencers fell strange not being attached to the reel and funny with their mask all illuminated.

Final Men's Foil: Cassara ITA - Lei CHN

Final Women's Foi: Mohamed HUN - Nam KOR

T32 Cassara ITA - Bissdorf GER 

The New Wireless System 

 

Schedule of events

March 8, 2007 — Meeting of the Fencing Federations.
March 9, 2007 — Individual Preliminary rounds
March 10, 2007 — Individual Tableau 64 through Final
March 11, 2007 — Team Matches, Tableau 32 through Final

  

FIE ranking provided by Nahow.net

Men's Foil

Women's Foil