Lee Kiefer avenged the Senior Women’s World Cup at Foil in Guadalajara. He had lost the individual final yesterday, but this Sunday won the gold medal after the United States defeated Italy 45-40 in team method.
Americans Jacqueline Dubrovich, Lee Keefer, Lauren Serges, and Maya May Weintraub formed the strongest team in the competition and thus avenged the defeat of their superstar Kiefer, who won the silver medal in the individual category. After losing in the final to Italian Alice Volpi.
Now the representatives of Italy had to accept the silver medal in the team’s way. The team consisting of Erica Cypressa, Martina Favarito, Alice Volpe and Martina Patini fought to the end in search of the highest titles, but it was not enough to defeat the American team.
For his part, the Mexican national team was only enough to reach the round of 32. Ali Hernandez and Natalie Michel, of Jalisco, along with Melissa Rebuledo and Diana Preciado, were eliminated at that point in the tournament after their 38-36 defeat by the Singapore representatives.
“We were hoping to go to the next round, Unfortunately, it was complicated by various factors such as the injuries that some of us already had.; But at the end of the day we know it was a good return to the track because it’s been a long time since we’ve competed like this,” Alli said after completing her post.
Thus concluded the Fencing World Cup in Guadalajara, which, over three days, hosted competitions among the world’s 152 best fencers, from 25 different countries.
JL
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