Photo courtesy of Denise Wilson

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Day 4 - Junior events begin

Welcome to day 4 here in Belfast. Today we bring you the first of our Junior events, men's sabre starts at 8.30am and women's foil poules will follow at 10am.

Top of the rankings for men's sabre is Nikolasz Iliasz (HUN) followed by Mayerwing Rondon (VEN), Vincent Couturier (CAN) and Bon-Gil Gu (KOR). British competitors today are Thomas Mottershead, Alex Crutchett and Maiyuran Ratneswaran. Cadet silver medalist Matthias Willau (AUT) is also one of the 99 competitors.

Leading up the women is newly crowned cadet world champion Nzingha Prescod (USA) followed by Fanny Kreiss (HUN), Valentina De Constanzo (ITA) and Marta Lyczbinska. Cadet silver medalist Lee Kiefer joins the 88 strong field as does bronze medalist Alice Volpi (ITA). British hopes for the day are with Lisa McKenzie, Philippa Mullins and Catriona Sibert.