USA Fencing

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – London Olympian Jeff Spear (Wynantskill, N.Y.) claimed his third top-32 finish at a World Cup this season on Saturday at the Moscow Saber World Cup.

Spear went undefeated in pools on Friday and entered the table of 64 on Saturday as the 19^th seed.

In his first direct elimination bout, Spear defeated 2013 Senior World team silver medalist Ciprian Galatanu (ROU), 15-13.

Spear lost his table of 32 bout to 2013 Senior World team bronze medalist Eunseok Oh (KOR), 15-13, and finished in 21^st place.

Andrew Fischl (Huntington, N.Y.) advanced to his second international table of 64 this  season, but lost to Nicolas Rousset (FRA), 15-13, and finished in 52^nd place.

On Sunday, Spear, Fischl, three-time Senior World Team member Ben Igoe (Staten Island, N.Y.) and 2014 Junior World Team member Gabriel Armijo (San Diego, Calif.) competed in the team event.

Seeded seventh, Team USA earned a bye into the table of 16 where the Americans defeated Poland, 45-40.

After a 45-26 loss to Korea in the quarter-finals, the 2012 Olympic Champions, Team USA upset Romania, the 2013 Senior World silver medalists, by a score of 45-44.

Team USA lost its final match of the day, 45-34, to Hungary and finished in sixth place.

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Moscow Individual Saber World Cup
1. Tiberiu Dolniceanu (ROU)
2. Junghwan Kim (KOR)
3. Veniamin Reshetnikov (RUS)
3. Matyas Szabo GER)
5. Bongil Gu (KOR)
6. Andras Szatmari (HUN)
7. Luigi Miracco (ITA)
8. Vincent Anstett (FRA)

21. Jeff Spear (Wynantskill, N.Y.)
52. Andrew Fischl (Huntington, N.Y.)
86. Ben Igoe (Staten Island, N.Y.)
96. Gabriel Armijo (San Diego, Calif.)
100. Jonathan Fitzgerald (East Brunswick, N.J.)
130. Zackery Brown (Watchung, N.J.)

Moscow Team Saber World Cup
1. Russia
2. Italy
3. Korea
4. Germany
5. Hungary
6. USA
7. Belarus
8. Romania