Just like on Saturday the best result of the day for the US came in Tauberbischofsheim. Unfortunately this time it didn’t result in a medal. Lee Kiefer, Nicole Ross, Nicole Prescod, and Madison Zeiss cruised by Sweden in their opener and held off Germany 45-38 before running into problems in the semifinals. Italy defeated them 45-36 after leading after eight of the nine matches. In the bronze medal match against France the US lost 45-40 and led after every match but one.
In Legnano, Italy the US team of Courtney Hurley, Katharine Holmes, Katarzyna Trzopek, and Kelley Hurley lost their opening match 37-28 to Hungary before winning their next two to advance to the ninth place match against Poland. Poland got the better of the US there 35-29.
Finally in Paris the US team of Jason Pryor, Alen Hadzic, Alex House, and Yeisser Ramirez saw 45-27 scores in both of their opening matches. They beat Finland in the opener but lost to #1 France in the second. The US beat Estonia 45-26 but lost to the Czech Republic 45-34 to end up in the 11th place match. The US beat Poland there 42-31.
With the final epee grand prix event having been in Rio last month the next main even for them will be the Pan American Championships in Panama City, Panama starting June 20th. The foil athletes will compete in the grand prix in Shanghai next on June 3rd.
Previous Fencing World Cup Coverage:
Preview
Day 1 Update
Day 2 Update
