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Basler Laura Stähli, 27, succeeds the World Fencing Championships in Wuxi, China. In fencing, she won the semifinal lost to bronze Mara Navarria
Laura Stähli (left) is the big surprise of the World Fencing Championships. (Photo: Aleksandar Plavevski / EPA)
(nda) Basler Laura Stähli caused a sensation at the World Fencing Championships in Wuxi (China). With the sword, she got the bronze.
The course ended in the semi-finals for the 27-year-old. There, she beat the leader of the world ranking Italian Mara Navarria 8:15. The two losers in the semifinals won bronze.
In the quarterfinals, Stähli sensational beat Hungarian Olympic champion Emese Szasz-Kovacs 14:13 in overtime, Stähli still in charge of the second third of the match and the Hungarian still 13 seconds before the end of the match. 13 compensated.
Stähli has provided the greatest Swiss success in women's fencing since Tiffany Géroudet won the 2011 European Championships. In the fencing competition, Switzerland won the world champion (men and women) : In 1989, Anja Straub from Berne won the gold medal in Denver.
Stählis Exploit was like a thunderclap. Almost no one had awarded Baloise the potential for a medal. At this year's European Championships, Stähli failed in the semi-finals, at the World Cup, only 37 places (Cali), 32 (Dubai), 32 (Budapest), 205 (Barcelona) and 100 ( Havana).
Last fall in Tallinn, Stähli qualified for the quarter-finals for the last time.
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