In Salt Lake City, Polish swordsmen won 3rd place in the planet Cup squad tournament. Representatives of the Central Military athletics Team: peculiar Officer Szymon Hryciuk, General Krzysztof Kaczkowski, and General Olaf Stasiak and Benedict Denkiewicz were present in the White-Red Squad. In the “small final”, Poles defeated 45-44 French. The Poles took eighth place.
The match for the bronze medal was better started by rivals of the White-Red. The first 4 duels were won by the French and led by a difference of as many as 8 points. The 5th run ended with a 5-5 draw – they fought for points ed. special. Szymon Hryciuk And Maxime Pianfetti. The sixth duel brought the Pole's first victory. Sher. Olaf Stasiak won 8-5 with Sebastien Patrice. After the seventh match, Poles took the lead in the match for the first time. After the 10–4 triumph over Pianfetti, Benedict Denkiewicz led to the state of 35–34. Jean-Philippe Patrice nevertheless won 6–2 with Stasiak and Tricolour again took the lead in the match. In his final match, Hryciuk provided Poles with a bronze medal, defeating 8–4 Sebastian Patrice.
On the way to the match by 3rd place, Polish sabers defeated 45-21 Puerto Rico representatives. They then fought fiercely against the Japanese, winning 45-43. In the 4th final, Polish rivals were Italians – present planet champions. The swordsmen of the Central Military Sports squad together with Benedict Denkiewicz defeated the squad from Italy 45-44. After the first 3 duels, the Italians led 15-10. 3 more ended with victories of 6-5 Stasiak, Denkiewicz and Hryciuk. In the seventh fight, a 5-5 draw fell (Denkiewicz tied with Matteo Nerim). In the penultimate duel Pietro Torre won 5–4 with Stasiak. The destiny of the match settled in the final match, in which they faced each another st. wide. spec. Simon Hryciuk and Cosimo Bertini, present youth champion of the world. The consequence of the 8-4 won the Pole and it was our sabers who enjoyed the promotion to the semifinals.
In the duel for promotion to the final, the rivals of the White-Red were representatives of South Korea. The Koreans in the quarterfinals defeated 45-42 Hungarians. With Poles they won 2 first clashes and led 10-4. In his 3rd duel, Hryciuk won 8–5 against Gyeongdong Do. The 4th fight that Stasiak and Sangwon Park faced ended in a 5-5 draw. The 5th match was won by 8-4 Denkiewicz and Poles took the lead in the match for the first time. The sixth start was won by 6-4 Sanguk Oh – his rival was Hryciuk. The seventh and eighth duel ended with the triumph of Poles and White-Red before the last fight led 40-36. The final triumph of 45-44 Koreans was determined by the 9–4 Sanguk Oh win over Denkiewicz.
In the final, the Koreans met with swordmen from the United States. The gold game was won by 45-40 Asian players.
In the women's squad tournament in Salt Lake City, the Polish typical of: Wide. Zuzanna Cieślar, st. scale special. Angelika WątorJulia Cieślar and Gabriela Wójcik took eighth position. The Poles in the fight for promotion to the quarterfinals defeated 45-43 Spanish women. The White-Red rivals won 2 of the 9 duels. In the final match, present runner-up of the planet wide. Zuzanna Cieślar defeated 5-4 Lucia Martin-Portugues. In the quarterfinals of Poland from further competition were eliminated by representatives of South Korea who won the match 45-35. During the competition for seats from 5th to eighth Polish sabers lost 36-45 to Americans. The gold medal was won by French women, silver women – Korean women, and brown women – Chinese women.



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