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May Tieu won World Juniors individual gold and Alexis Anglade, Tieu and Tristan Szapary won team silver.
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Tieu Wins World Juniors Gold as Three Tigers Total Four Medals
April 11, 2021 | Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing
Becoming the first fencer in Princeton history to win individual gold at the World Junior Championships, sophomore May Tieu finished on Tuesday a run through six pool bouts and six elimination bouts to win the foil title at the event held in Cairo, Egypt.
Tieu's gold led four medals to three Princeton fencers at the event, along with team silvers to Tieu, sophomore Alexis Anglade and freshman Tristan Szapary.
Tieu went 5-1 through the pool bouts and earned the 16th seed in the elimination bracket. There, she knocked off top-seeded Chilean Katina Proestakis 15-13 in the round of 16 for her third win in the draw, gaining the top seed for the final three rounds. Tieu defended it well, defeating Russian Vitalina Anaschenkova 15-9 in the quarterfinals, South Korean Yeongji Joo 15-5 in the semis, and Israeli Nicole Pustilnik 15-12 in the final, breaking open a 9-9 tie heading into the final period on the way to the win.
Tieu then added a silver medal in the team competition on Thursday, as the second-seeded U.S. defeated Spain 45-24 in the round of 16, Canada 45-33 in the quarters, and Romania 45-41 in the semis before a 45-43 loss to top-seeded Russia in the final.
Anglade and the U.S. saber fencers won silver on Monday, starting with the third seed and defeating Belarus (45-30) and Ukraine (45-32) to reach the semis against second-seeded Romania, winning that 45-42. South Korea, initially seeded eighth, defeated top-seeded Russia in the quarters and defended the top seed the rest of the way, defeating the U.S. 45-31 to win gold. Anglade finished 22nd in the individual competition, going 5-1 in the pool bouts and winning her round-of-64 match 15-10 over Bulgaria's Teodora Vutova before a 15-14 loss to Egyptian Sara Shouman in the round of 32.
Szapary's medal came Sunday, on the last day of competition, when the top-seeded American épée team defeated Hong Kong, China 45-19, Spain 45-33, and Ukraine 45-37 to reach the final against second-seeded Russia, which the Russians won 43-41. Szapary went 4-1 in the pool bouts of the épée competition on Friday and earned the fourth seed in the draw before Austrian Alexander Biro defeated Szapary 15-13 in the round of 16.
Complete results are available here.
Tieu's gold led four medals to three Princeton fencers at the event, along with team silvers to Tieu, sophomore Alexis Anglade and freshman Tristan Szapary.
Tieu went 5-1 through the pool bouts and earned the 16th seed in the elimination bracket. There, she knocked off top-seeded Chilean Katina Proestakis 15-13 in the round of 16 for her third win in the draw, gaining the top seed for the final three rounds. Tieu defended it well, defeating Russian Vitalina Anaschenkova 15-9 in the quarterfinals, South Korean Yeongji Joo 15-5 in the semis, and Israeli Nicole Pustilnik 15-12 in the final, breaking open a 9-9 tie heading into the final period on the way to the win.
Tieu then added a silver medal in the team competition on Thursday, as the second-seeded U.S. defeated Spain 45-24 in the round of 16, Canada 45-33 in the quarters, and Romania 45-41 in the semis before a 45-43 loss to top-seeded Russia in the final.
Anglade and the U.S. saber fencers won silver on Monday, starting with the third seed and defeating Belarus (45-30) and Ukraine (45-32) to reach the semis against second-seeded Romania, winning that 45-42. South Korea, initially seeded eighth, defeated top-seeded Russia in the quarters and defended the top seed the rest of the way, defeating the U.S. 45-31 to win gold. Anglade finished 22nd in the individual competition, going 5-1 in the pool bouts and winning her round-of-64 match 15-10 over Bulgaria's Teodora Vutova before a 15-14 loss to Egyptian Sara Shouman in the round of 32.
Szapary's medal came Sunday, on the last day of competition, when the top-seeded American épée team defeated Hong Kong, China 45-19, Spain 45-33, and Ukraine 45-37 to reach the final against second-seeded Russia, which the Russians won 43-41. Szapary went 4-1 in the pool bouts of the épée competition on Friday and earned the fourth seed in the draw before Austrian Alexander Biro defeated Szapary 15-13 in the round of 16.
Complete results are available here.
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