Photo courtesy of Denise Wilson

Saturday, April 11, 2009

First day of team events - men's sabre and women's foil

The team events start today with men's sabre and women's foil. There are 21 teams entered in each. Teams are seeded from the results of the individual competition.

For men's sabre Hungary are top seed with Ukraine second. The British team is seeded 16th and will face Turkey in the last 32 at 8.30am.

In the women's foil event Italy are top of the seedings with the USA in second place. Great Britain is again seeded 16th and meets Canada in the last 32 at 9.30am.