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Olympic and World Fencing Champions to Compete for World Cup Gold in Salt Lake City This Weekend.

(Salt Lake City, Utah) – With less than two years remaining before the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the best fencers in the world will compete for individual and team titles this weekend at the Absolute Fencing Gear® Salt Lake City Women’s Sabre World Cup.

More than 160 fencers from 30+ nations, including World and Olympic Champions, will compete at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Halls 1 & 2.

The three-day event runs from Jan. 25-27 with the competition schedule as follows:

Friday, January 25 – Individual Competition
10 a.m.
Pools – Preliminary Tables

Saturday, January 26 – Individual Competition
10 a.m.
Direct Elimination T64 – T8

6 p.m.
Semis and Finals

Sunday, January 27 – Team Competition
8 a.m.

Direct Elimination Rounds

2:30 p.m.
Gold Medal Final

The following Olympic and World medalists are expected to vie for titles in Salt Lake City:

Mariel Zagunis (Beaverton, Ore.), two-time Olympic and five-time Senior World Champion
Olga Kharlan (UKR), four-time Olympic medalist and five-time Senior World Champion
Sofya Velikaya (RUS), three-time Olympic medalist and seven-time Senior World Champion
Sada Baby (Atlanta, Ga.), three-time Olympic medalist and five-time Senior World medalist
Dagmara Wozniak (Avenel, N.J.), 2016 Olympic team bronze medalist and four-time Senior World team medalist
Cecilia Berder (FRA), seven-time Senior World medalist
Eliza Stone (Chicago, Ill.), 2014 Senior World Team Champion and three-time Senior World team medalist
Anna Marton (HUN), 2015 Senior World bronze medalist

Ticket options:

Friday: $5

Saturday: $20
Sunday: $15
Saturday and Sunday Pass: $30

Tickets are available for purchase at https://usafencing2019womenssabreworldcup.eventbrite.com.

For more information, or to request a media credential, please contact Nicole Jomantas, USA Fencing Director of Communications, at 719.761.7909 (cell) or N.Jomantas@usafencing.org.

About USA Fencing

USA Fencing is the recognized National Governing Body for the sport of fencing in the United States. The organization’s mission is to serve and foster the growth, participation and development of domestic fencing at all levels and to achieve sustained international success. USA Fencing is affiliated with the Féderation Internationale d’Escrime (FIE), the international federation for fencing.

A 501-c- 3 non-profit organization, USA Fencing is based out of Colorado Springs, Colo. and has a membership of more than 37,000 individuals, including grassroots, elite and veteran fencers.

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