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New York City Grand Prix of FencingThree weapons, 5 medals, 4 days of competition, and one historic weekend: The U.S. Fencing team has made an indelible mark on world fencing with unprecedented success at the 2004 New York City Grand Prix of Fencing.
A list of 279 athletes from seventeen different nations competed in New York at Hunter College and the Roosevelt Hotel ballroom in Manhattan. The weekend's events included World Cup competition in men's saber team, individual, and women's foil and saber individual events, plus the 2004 World Championships for team women's saber and team women's foil. United states. fencers rose to the occasion. The series of medals for U.S. fencers over the course of competition demonstrates serious American medal potential heading into the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. |
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As a result, the event was one of this season's best international competitions, with more than ninety percent of the world's highest-ranked athletes, including multiple Olympic medalists, all trying to win a gold medal. The 8th-seeded U.S. saber team upset no. one seed Russia 45-39 in the quarterfinals with magnificent performances by all U.S.A. team members. They then defeated no. four seed France 45-41 in the semifinals where they faced the team from Spain. The weekend opened with a big bang on Thursday, June 10 with an historic win for US Fencing. The United states. men's saber squad of Keeth Smart (24, Brooklyn, N.Y.), Ivan Lee (23, Brooklyn, N.Y.), Jason Rogers (21, Los Angeles, Calif.), and Timothy Morehouse (25, Bronx, N.Y.) beat Spain 45-36 to take home the 1st ever U.S. men's saber team World Cup gold. |
The Spanish team was also on a roll, having pulled off its own string of upsets after being seeded tenth going into the competition and taking down the teams from the Ukraine and Hungary. But the U.S.A. men were not to be denied, and pulled off a convincing victory, 45-36.
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