Photo courtesy of Denise Wilson

Friday, April 10, 2009

Day 6 Women's epee and men's foil

It's day 6 here in Belfast, the final day of the individual events.

Up first at 8am is women's epee. Russian Violetta Kolobova heads the seedings with Courtney Hurley from the USA in second. Anfisa Pochkalova (UKR) and Julia Zuikova (EST) make up the top four. Cadet World Champion Dorina Budai (HUN) is also in the field as is bonze medallist Anqi Xu (CHN). The British campaign rests in the hands of Corinna Lawrence, Caitlin Chang and Hannah Lawrence, all of whom are seeded between 25 and 42 from the 102 strong field.

Following them at 10am is the men's foil. World number 1 Dmitry Zherebchenko (RUS) leads the way, followed by Tommaso Lari (ITA), Suguru Awaji (JPN) an Pawel Osmanski (POL). Ed Jefferies is the highest ranked British entry at 15, but team mates Rhys Melia and Marcus Mepstead are both within the top 44 of the 116 fencing today.

Good luck!