USA Fencing

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – The United States won both gold and silver in the men’s team competition at the Copenhagen Epee Cadet European Cup in Denmark on Sunday.

The Americans fielded four teams in the 30-squad event with the USA I squad of Jack Bradford (Erie, Colo.), Stephen Ewart (Lancaster, Calif.), Bryce Bogert (Saint Augustine, Fla.) and Wesley Yuan (Princeton Junction, N.J.) earning a bye into the table of 16 as the second-seeded team in the tournament.

Team USA I defeated Japan, 45-35, to advance to the quarter-finals where the Americans edged Russia II, 45-44, as one of three U.S. teams in the top eight.

Fencing for Team USA IV, the squad of Joe Taylor (Chicago, Ill.), Wolf Crouse (Conroe, Texas) and Gabriel Bronfman (Orinda, Calif.) defeated Norway, 45-36, to advance to the semis.

Team USA II fenced Italy in the quarters, but the squad of Jonathan Piskovatskov (Houston, Texas), TJ Petrosewicz (Richmond, Texas), Aidan Antekeier (Houston, Texas) and Adrien Thein-Sandler (Topanga, Calif.) lost the match, 45-39.

Both USA I and USA IV would fence Italian teams in the semis.

USA I fenced a close match and went on to defeat Italy II, 45-43, while USA II bested Italy I, 45-33.

In the gold medal final, USA I prevailed, 45-32, over USA IV.

USA II rounded out the day with a pair of wins as well to finish fifth after a 45-31 win against Norway and a 45-33 victory against Russia II.

In the individual event, Bradford earned his first top-eight individual result in an international competition.

After a bye into the table of 128, Bradford defeated a pair of Italians with wins against Marco Balzano, 15-5, and Valerio Cuomo, 15-11.

Bradford won his next two bouts by 15-11 scores against Emil Thewanger (AUT) and Alessio Preziosi (ITA) – the top-ranked fencer on the Cadet European circuit.

In the quarters, Bradford lost to eventual gold medalist Linus Islas Flygare (SWE), 15-9.

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

Copenhagen Individual Men’s Epee Cadet European Cup
1. Linus Islas Flygare (SWE)
2. Ivan Limarev (RUS)
3. Roo Whelan (GBR)
3. Gianpaolo Buzzacchino (ITA)
5. Giacomo Paolini (ITA)
6. Daniil Belianinov (RUS)
7. Ruslan Eskov (EST)
8. Jack Bradford (Erie, Colo.)

10. Charles Horowitz (Los Angeles, Calif.)
15. Wesley Yuan (Princeton Junction, N.J.)
16. Tiger Gao (Manhasset, N.Y.)
17. TJ Petrosewicz (Richmond, Texas)
18. Stephen Ewart (Lancaster, Calif.)
20. Jonathan Piskovatskov (Houston, Texas)
23. Robin Cheong (San Antonio, Texas)
24. Mick Yamanaka (Floral Park, N.Y.)
30. Aidan Antekeier (Houston, Texas)
43. Bryce Bogert (St. Augustine, Fla.)
47. Zachary Kravitz (Los Angeles, Calif.)
57. Adrien Thein-Sandler (Topanga, Calif.)
61. Wolf Crouse (Conroe, Texas)
64. Isaac Shelanski (Washington, D.C.)
65. Malcolm Miller (New York, N.Y.)
70. Dylan Kim (Marietta, Ga.)
83. Gabriel Bronfman (Orinda, Calif.)
84. Joe Taylor (Chicago, Ill.)
113. Aaron Kogan (New Haven, Conn.)

Copenhagen Team Men’s Epee Cadet European Cup
1. USA
2. USA IV
3. Italy
4. Italy II
5. USA II
6. Russia II
7. Estonia
8. Norway

13. USA III