With the men’s sabre team holding the top seed at the World Fencing Championships and facing #9 Iran in the quarterfinals the US was set up well for a good shot at a medal to end the World Fencing Championships. Instead things went as poorly as possible with the US losing all three matches on Wednesday and finishing eighth. The US fell behind Iran quickly and did not win any of the first six matches as Iran ran up a 30-23 lead. Jeff Spear got the US back into it with a 9-5 win to draw within three but Eli Dershwitz lost 5-1 in the following matchup as Iran took a nearly insurmountable 40-33 lead and despite  Daryl Homer winning the final matchup 7-5 the US was behind at the end 45-40.

In the 5th-8th semifinals the US again trailed throughout to #4 seed Germany and won just three of the nine matchups in a 45-43 loss. Finally in the 7th place final #6 seed Korea defeated the US 45-39 despite the US opening up with three straight wins and leading 25-18 with four matchups left. Korea won the next three matchups 8-5, 8-5, 6-3 to take a 40-38 lead going into the final matchup where Homer lost 5-1 as Korea claimed the overall victory.

With the World Championships out of the way focus returns to the various Fencing World Cup stops that will take place in May. There are seven different cities around the world that will host various competitions from May 13th through the 22nd.

Previous World Fencing Championships Coverage:
Preview
Day 1 Update
Day 2 Update