Catania, 13 October 2011 - Top ranked Andrea Cassara and LI Na from China take the gold medals in men's foil and women's epee.
The Italian success stories continues also on the third final day: Andrea Cassara (ITA) took the title, defeating his compatriot Valerio Aspromonte in an up and down fight in the final 15:14. Aspromonte was the only fencer today who could challenge Cassara at all. He made his way into the final by defeating his team mate Giorgio Avola (ITA) in a very close fight in the semi finals. Victor Sintes (FRA) ranked also third and won the first medal for France.
Four times World Champion Peter Joppich (GER) did not make it into the top eight.
The women's epee competition saw many early upsets of top ranked fencers:
2010 World Champion Maureen Nisima (FRA), top ranked Emese Szasz (HUN), and world number four Laura Flessel-Colovic (FRA) lost their first matches.
LI Na defeated in her first match world number six Tatiana Logounova (RUS) and then walked quite unchallenged to the podium.
In the semi-finals, she was almost upset by Anca Maroiu (ROU) but won the match by priority. In the final, she controlled the match against her younger compatriot SUN Yujie (CHN) who had defeated Olympic silver medalist Ana Branza (ROU) before.
After the individual competitions, the medal table is as follows: Italy leads with four gold, two silver and two bronze medals. China is on the second place (one gold medal, one silver medal), followed by Russia (one gold medal, one bronze medal).
Tomorrow start the team events with the finals in men's sabre and women's foil.
*Top 8 results men's foil:*
1. Andrea Cassara (ITA)
2. Valerio Aspromonte (ITA)
3. Victor Sintes (FRA)
3. Giorgio Avola (ITA)
5. Alaa El Saxed Abouelkassem (EGY)
6. Alexey Cheremisinov (RUS)
7. CHOI Byung Chul (KOR)
8. Race Imboden (USA
***Top 8 results women's epee:*
1. LI Na (CHN)
2. SUN Yujie (CHN)
3. Ana Branza (ROU)
3. Anca Maroiu (ROU)
5. Magdalena Piekarska (POL)
6. Simona Alexandru (ROU)
7. Monika Sozanska (GER)
8. SHIN A Lam (KOR)
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