victory for united states fencers
Friday, June 11, the United states. women's saber squad of Emma Baratta (19, Somerville, N.J.), Emily Jacobson (18, Dunwoody, Ga.), Sada Jacobson (21, Dunwoody, Ga.) and Mariel Zagunis (19, Beaverton, Ore.) won the silver in their team event, the 2004 Women's Saber World Championships, held in conjunction with the World Cup events in New York.
The U.S.A. women sliced through Hungary 45-22 and Romania 45-31 before meeting the number one-seeded Russia in the gold medal event. Throughout the exciting match the lead changed hands several times, but the Russian team prevailed 45-43 in a heartbreaker for the U.S. team. Saturday, June 11, hometown hero Ivan Lee added a 2nd medal to his collection from the weekend with an individual bronze, his 1st in a Grand Prix event, in the men's saber competition. The United states foil team of Hanna Thompson (20, Rochester, N.Y.), Erinn Smart (24, New York, N.Y.), Felicia Zimmermann (28, Rush, N.Y.) and Iris Zimmermann (23, New York, N.Y.) lost a close match with France 45-43 in the opening rounds of their 2004 Women's Foil World Championships, also on Friday. The U.S. women ended the day placing ninth. |
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Lee, seeded 26th going into the direct elimination table, pulled off a stunning 15-12 upset of seventh-seeded Gael Touya of France in the round of 32. He defeated Rafal Sznajder of Poland 15-13 to reach the quarterfinals and then went on to surprise the no. 2-seed, Alexey Yakimenko of Russia, 15-11. Lee lost his bid for the finals to 1996 Olympic gold and 2000 Olympic silver medallist, Stanislaw Pozdniakov of Russia, 15-9. Pozdniakov went on to win the gold with a 15-12 defeat of Russian teammate Serguei Charikov. Iris Zimmermann returned to individual World Cup competition after a two-month hiatus from practice in grand fashion, surprising the international field to earn a bronze after entering the competition seeded 26th. |
The excitement for the U.S. team did not end there, however. The Grand Prix concluded Sunday, June 13 with two finals in individual women's competition and two more U.S. medals.
Zimmermann's record of three wins, two losses in the pool round left her seeded 41st in the table of 64. She defeated 21-seed Camille Datoo of Great Britain 15-12 and then continued a string of seemingly endless American surprises by defeating the no. 9 seed from Italy Margherita Granbassi 15-13 in the round of 32.
Upset no. 2 by Zimmermann came next: a 15-11 defeat of 8th seed and 2002 World Championships silver medalist Ekaterina Youcheva of Russia. Upset no. 3: a 15-14 squeaker over Korea's Hyun Hee Nam, the 16th seed who had just taken down the top seed in the competition.
Zimmermann was finally defeated in the semifinals by Eugyenia Lamanova of Russia, 15-13. It was Zimmermann's first World Cup medal since 2000.
For the grand finale, U.S. fencer Sada Jacobson registered the 5th United States. medal, a bronze, in the individual women's saber competition. Jacobson, the top seed and no. 1 fencer in the world, earned her fifth World Cup medal of the season by defeating Leonore Perrus of France 15-8 in the quarterfinals.
She was defeated in the semifinal by Elena Netchaeva of Russia in a frustrating 15-14 bout, misjudging the length of Netchaeva's final attack by a whisker. Netchaeva went on to win the competition by defeating teammate Sophia Velikaia 15-10.
Fencing was included NCAA championship sport in 1941. As well as individual championships for men in epee, foils and sabre, there were also team weapons championships.
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