Some very impressive bladework was seen during the mens' epee quarter final between Italy and France. It was a tense game with the scores equalising to 29-29 during match 7. Italy then pulled ahead in match 8 with a score of 35-31, but France were never far behind and closed the gap to Italy 40 France 39 with some exciting clashes during match 9. Italy however pulled further ahead again and won the game 45-41.
Korea and Germany enjoyed a close game towards the end of match 9 when the scores were 44-44. The match did not go to priority however and Korea scored the winning point.
Canada lost to Ukraine 24-20 in a more leisurely game while Hungary were victorious in their game with Russia coming out with a strong lead of 45-21.
Photo courtesy of Denise Wilson