After not winning any individual medals on Saturday both American teams rebounded on Sunday reaching the finals of both world cup events but failing to win gold. The men’s foil team of Gerek Meinhardt, Alexander Massialas, Race Imboden, and Miles Chamley-Watson easily dispatched Austria before a 45-41 victory over Japan placed them into the semifinals. After clinching a medal by defeating hosts Russia in the semifinals 45-40 the Americans were on the wrong end of the scoreline to Italy by a 45-38 score in the final.
Over in Madrid it was Eli Dershwitz, Jeff Spear, Daryl Homer, and Peter Souders competing in men’s sabre Seeded third the US cruised in knocking out Great Britain 45-33, Italy 45-35, and Russia 45-38 to advance to the final. There they met Germany and despite holding the lead after five of the first six matches Germany scored 18 of the final 23 points to pull away for a 45-35 victory.
There would be no medal for the women’s sabre team in Foshan, China. The team of Mariel Zagunis, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Monica Aksamit, and Sage Palmedo breezed through the first two rounds but lost to Russia in the semifinals 45-37. Still competing for a medal the US came closer but lost again to Poland in the bronze medal match 45-42.
Both sabre and foil still have an individual grand prix event left in the 2015-16 world cup season, sabre in Moscow starting May 27th and foil in Shanghai starting June 3rd.
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Day 1 Update
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