USA Fencing

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – London Olympians Miles Chamley-Watson (New York City, N.Y.) and Alexander Massialas (San Francisco, Calif.) each advanced to the table of 32 at the St. Petersburg Foil Grand Prix in Russia on Sunday.

Exempt from pools as the fourth seed in the tournament, Chamley-Watson defeated Maxime Pauty (FRA), 15-13, in the table of 64. He lost in the table of 32, however, to 2012 Olympic Champion Sheng Lei (CHN), 15-11, and finished the day in 18^th place.

Massialas began the tournament as the 12^th seed and earned a 15-11 win over Benoit Journet (FRA); however, he finished in 21^st after a 15-12 loss to eventual bronze medalist Dmitry Komissarov (RUS).

London Olympian Race Imboden (Brooklyn, N.Y.) lost to Klod Yunes (UKR), 15-9, in the table of 64 and placed 35^th overall.

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Top eight and U.S. results are as follows:

St. Petersburg Foil Grand Prix
1. Andrea Baldini (ITA)
2. Enzo Lefort (FRA)
3. Valerio Aspromonte (ITA)
3. Dmitry Komissarov (RUS)
5. Alexey Khovansky (RUS)
6. Dmitri Rigine (RUS)
7. Timur Arslanov (RUS)
8. Sheng Lei (CHN)

18. Miles Chamley-Watson (New York City, N.Y.)
21. Alexander Massialas (San Francisco, Calif.)
35. Race Imboden (Brooklyn, N.Y.)