Kharlan Dominates Womens Sabre
| Olga Kharlan - Ukraine |
Kharlan (UKR) wins the Junior World Championship in Women’s Sabre
Olga Kharlan (UKR) dominated the Junior Women’s Sabre event. In the finals she raced to an 8-0 lead against Anna Varhelya (HUN) and won the Junior World Championship 15-2. Kharlan adds a Junior World Championship to her 3 senior grand prix golds for the season.
The US Junior team was a bit weaker than in prior years with no fencers making the top-16. Lian Osier , in her 2nd year on the junior world team, placed 19th while Samantha Roberts , fencing in place of Monica Aksamit, placed 21st. Nicole Glon placed 58th and did not make the elimination rounds, going 1-4 in pools.
Osier started strong in pools with a 5-1 record, but struggled in her first elimination match, winning 15-14 against ZAYAS NUEVA Irelis (CUB). She fell in the next round to BEN CHAABANE Amira (TUN) 15-10. Roberts also went 5-1 in the preliminary round before winning her first DE 15-12 against KAKHIANI Teodora (GEO). She lost 15-11 in the next round to BULICA Mihaela (ROU)
| Junior Women’s Sabre Medalists- Varhelya, Kharlan, Galiakbarova, Besbes - S.Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com |
Final Results List: Junior Women’s Sabre
| place | country | name |
| 1 | UKR UKR | KHARLAN Olga |
| 2 | HUN HUN | VARHELYI Anna |
| 3 | TUN TUN | BESBES Azza |
| 3 | RUS RUS | GALIAKBAROVA Dina |
| 5 | RUS RUS | OZOLINA Alina |
| 6 | UKR UKR | VORONINA Olena |
| 7 | KOR KOR | LEE Ra Jin |
| 8 | POL POL | KEDZIORA Katarzyna |
| 9 | ITA ITA | GUARNERI Paola |
| 10 | ITA ITA | SINIGAGLIA Lucrezia |
| 11 | ESP ESP | VILA Laia |
| 12 | POL POL | OSTOJSKA Matylda |
| 13 | ROU ROU | BULICA Mihaela |
| 14 | TUN TUN | BEN CHAABANE Amira |
| 15 | ITA ITA | GREGORIO Rossella |
| 16 | RUS RUS | ILLARIONOVA Anna |
| 17 | FRA FRA | STOLTZ Marion |
| 18 | CHN CHN | LI Fei |
| 19 | POL POL | PUDA Marta |
| 19 | USA USA | OSIER Lian |
| 21 | USA USA | ROBERTS Samantha |
| 21 | HUN HUN | VARHELYI Kata |
| 23 | UKR UKR | KOMASHUK Alina |
| 24 | GER GER | SCHOLTEN Lea |
| 24 | KAZ KAZ | ZHIVITSA Yulia |
| 26 | FRA FRA | HEIMENDINGER Fleur |
| 27 | KOR KOR | CHOI Shin Hui |
| 28 | ESP ESP | MARTIN-PORTUGUES Lucia |
| 29 | CAN CAN | BRISSON Joelle |
| 30 | GRE GRE | PAIZI Marina |
| 31 | GBR GBR | DAVIES Jessica |
| 32 | JPN JPN | UENO Eriko |
| 33 | EGY EGY | YASSER Mena Allah |
| 34 | TPE TPE | LIN Yi Chun |
| 35 | HUN HUN | MARTON Anna |
| 36 | KOR KOR | KIM A Ra |
| 37 | CHN CHN | LIU Jia |
| 38 | ESP ESP | MARCOS Sandra |
| 39 | GER GER | MUNZ Eva |
| 40 | BRA BRA | ALMEIDA Beatriz |
| 40 | VEN VEN | PASTRAN Milagros |
| 42 | FRA FRA | REGUIGNE Laura |
| 43 | GER GER | MUSCH Anja |
| 44 | KAZ KAZ | POCHEKUTOVA Tamara |
| 45 | LIB LIB | TANNOUS Alexandra |
| 46 | VEN VEN | CARRENO Maria |
| 47 | JPN JPN | ITOH Mami |
| 48 | ISL ISL | GARDARSDOTTIR Sigrun |
| 49 | TPE TPE | PANG Hui Yi |
| 50 | KAZ KAZ | GUIMATDINOVA Anastasia |
| 51 | GEO GEO | MOMTSELIDZE Salome |
| 51 | DOM DOM | YSABEL Heyddys |
| 53 | IND IND | BHIVANI DEVI C.a. |
| 54 | GEO GEO | APTSIAURI Tatia |
| 55 | GEO GEO | KAKHIANI Teodora |
| 56 | ISL ISL | GARDARSDOTTIR Gunnhildur |
| 57 | CUB CUB | ZAYAS NUEVA Irelis |
| eliminated in round 1 | ||
| 58 | USA USA | GLON Nicole |
| 59 | JPN JPN | TAMURA Norika |
| 60 | CAN CAN | CHEVARIE Frederic |
| 61 | VEN VEN | RODRIGUEZ Shia |
| 62 | THA THA | STARRAT Sirawalai |
| 63 | AZE AZE | MIRZAYEVA Aysel |
| 64 | ECU ECU | GOMEZ Valeria |
| 65 | SIN SIN | LEE Ann Huimin |
| 66 | TUN TUN | GRAMI Fatma |
| 66 | MEX MEX | ECHEVERRIA Alekxsandra |
| 66 | CHN CHN | WAN Yini |
| 69 | PUR PUR | MERCADO MENDEZ Melanie |
| 70 | TOG TOG | NODJO Akou Dulcie |
| 71 | AZE AZE | GULIYEVA Dilara |
| 72 | CAN CAN | MAGINI Alessandra |
| 73 | INA INA | PERMATASARI Diah |
| 74 | AZE AZE | PROKHOROVA Yekaterina |
| 75 | MEX MEX | PAOLA Pliego |
| 76 | BRA BRA | GASPARIN Giulia |
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