For the third straight day, American 50 and over athletes reached the medals podium at the World Veteran Fencing Championships in Porec, Croatia.
Lou Felty of Louisville, Ky. brought home the gold in the first ever Women’s 70+ Saber event. Felty, seeded 7th in the elimination table of 8, beat second seed Constance Adam of Germany 10-6 and then Janet Cooksey of Great Britain 10-9 in the semifinals. Felty then defeated Xeniya Tadzhieva of Russia 10-9 to win the gold.
Marianne Bosco (Harvest, Ala.) earned the bronze in the Women’s 50-59 Epee event. Bosco faced teammate Michelle Verhave (Croton Falls, N.Y.) in an unfortunate early round of 16 matchup, defeating Verhave 10-5. Bosco then beat Kate Smith of Great Britain 10-6 to advance to the semifinals, where she fell to Corinne Aubailly of France in an 8-7 heartbreaker.
Ellen O’Leary (Decatur, Ga.) repeated her 2009 bronze medal result in the Women’s 60-69 saber event. Seeded first going into the elimination rounds, O’Leary beat Patricia Shepherd-Foster of Great Britain 10-5 and then Masako Shinki of Japan 10-8 before losing her semifinal matchup against Iris Gardini of Italy10-3. Gardini went on to win the gold in the event.
In the only men’s event of the day, Walt Dragonetti (Elyria, Ohio) fell short of defending his 2009 title in the Men’s 50-59 epee, losing to Mykhaylo Tyshko of the Ukraine 10-6 in the quarterfinals.
The Championships continues tomorrow with Men’s 60-69 Epee, Women’s 70+ Foil, Men’s 70+ Epee and Men’s 60-69 Saber. Check out www.fencingveterans2010.com/en for full results.
WORLD VETERANS FENCING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Porec, Croatia, Sept. 29 – Oct. 3, 2010
RESULTS
Women’s 50-59 Epee
44 competitors
1 WILKS Victoria AUS
2 AUBAILLY Corinne FRA
3T BOSCO Marianne USA
3T ZHDANOVA Tatiana RUS
13 LEIGHTON Louise USA
15 VERHAVE Michelle USA
23 LACARRA Rosanna USA
Men’s 50-59 Epee
63 competitors
1 SOKOLOV Volodymyr UKR
2 TYSHKO Mykhaylo UKR
3T DOROSENKO Andrejs LAT
3T SICOT Bertand FRA
5 DRAGONETTI Walter
15 RIDGE John
19 GELNAW William
30 RICHARDS Dick
Women’s 60-69 Saber
21 competitors
1 GARDINI Iris ITA
2 GREUNKE Brigitte GER
3T LANGTON Marguerite RSA
3T O'LEARY Ellen USA
6 NICOLAU Doty
8 AHER Bonnie
15 LAWRENCE Sarah
Women’s 70+ Saber
10 competitors
1 FELTY Louisa USA
2 TADZHIEVA Xeniya RUS
3T BUNN Irina GER
3T COOKSEY Janet GBR
6 ANDERSON Anita USA
10 JACKSON Una USA
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