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Swiss fencers narrowly miss a second World Cup medal in Wuxi, China, in less than 24 hours. Benjamin Steffen is stopped in the quarterfinals
Benjamin Steffen was missing as the Rio Olympics in the sword-single only a victory for the World Cup medal (Image: KEYSTONE / EPA / SERGEI ILNITSKY)
(nda) [19659006] The world title was won by Yannick Borel, who became European Champion a month earlier for the third time in a row The current World Team Champion and Rio Team Olympic Champion with France won in the final against Ruben Limardo, the 2012 individual Olympic champion in London, with 15: 4.
The fourth Olympic Steffen, who wins the bronze Laura Stähli belongs to the Fechtgesellschaft Basel, but failed in the round of eight of rniers at number 45 in the world, the third Third World Championship Roman Swichkar of Ukraine. Steffen, 36, lost the battle with 12:15. With a semifinal, Steffen would have been at least (shared) third in the World Cup
Nevertheless, the sports teacher in the world ranking will now significantly improve from the previous position 56. "C & # It's secondary to me, though .I also had a bad season because of physical problems and so I would have gone into the top eight before the World Cup, "Steffen told Keystone -SDA
. "After all, I worked a lot on the mental plane to find the kick again."
He had managed to Wuxi on his two days of competition in the individual also a majority – with the exception of the last fight against the Ukrainians. "It was my worst performance, discipline and precision was lacking, and also a little inner peace, even though I improved on the back."
Missed Olympic bronze was even more bitter
The Swiss veteran must continue to wait for a single medal at a European championship or a world cup.Steffen and his team have already won four European championships and several medals in World Cup
At the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb, Steffen also missed a single medal in sixth place, and even more bitter for Steffen was the lost battle for third place at the Rio Olympics. Unlike the European Championships and World Championships, the bronze medal in singles will be played at the Olympics.
The other two World Championship participants in the Top 64 of the individual competition, the Champion of the World. Europe U23 Al Exis Bayard and medalist Max Heinzer itinerary. Bayard failed in semifinal South Korea's Kewon Youngjun (9:11). The Max Heinzer of the Top 64 conceded a 11:12 loss after the extra time against Frenchman Alex Fava.
Heinzer: "Next chance"
The double winner of the Olympic diploma and ten times World Cup winner The winner Heinzer is still missing in his record, winning only one medal in the World Cup. On the way to his tenth World Cup triumph Heinzer had given Budapest Fava this season still negligence. "The next chance will come," Heinzer is sure. He had been run as a world number 5 before the start of the World Cup.
The Swiss men are back on Wednesday the first day of the team competition. With Heinzer and Steffen, Michele Niggeler and Lucas Malcotti, who did not play in the singles singles, will form the Swiss quartet. Heinzer, Steffen, Niggeler and Gregory Kuhn, who were not in the team this time, were stunned to win the team World Championship silver medal the year before.
So far, the Swiss conquered the world championships in Nîmes in 2001, At that time, Basil Hofmann Silver and Gianna Hablützel-Bürki had brought the bronze.
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