Epee Finals in Budapest

WHEELCHAIR FENCING DAY FIVE

TEAM EPEE MEN’S

TEAM EPEE WOMEN’S

 

Press Release

Date: 11/08/2013

 

This fifth day is all dedicated to Epée competitions.

n. 15 are the Teams men’s entered and n. 9 the women’s.

TEAM EPEE MEN’S

The Iraqi expedition was very remarkable for its performance with young but strong fencers that in this day subdued the French 45-39, getting on the third step of the podium beating the Polish Team 45-43.

Russian Team overcame Thailand 45 – 32 and Iraq 45-30. In the final, fenced in the large Finals Hall on an illuminated piste and was streamed live on the FIE TV channel, It has to settle for a silver against China.

China breezed through Hong Kong 45-18, then Poland 45-36 and after all Russia 45-30. China took the 2013 World Championships Men’s Epée Team title.

 

 

TEAM EPEE WOMEN’S

China beat Ukraine 45-41 and Hungary 45-36.

Russia after beat Thailand 45-32 dropped against China 45-29.

The support of the home crowd was amazing for the Hungarian Team that gained the third position of the podium.

China showed again their dominance in this World Championships with Rong – Wu – Yao –Zhou taking the second gold of the day.