The Swiss fencing champion wins the gold of the team World Cup! | The Lucerne newspaper

Max Heinzer (right) crowned Team World Champion with Switzerland (Photo: KEYSTONE / EPA / ALEKSANDAR PLAVEVSKI)

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The Swiss team was composed of Max Heinzer, Benjamin Steffen and Michele Niggeler and Lucas Malcotti. In the final, the former substitute of the shooter Malcotti was used instead of the individual world championship Seventh Steffen

Malian Valais quickly showed the Swiss the way to victory with a 5: 4 opening. Ticino Niggeler then presented an outstanding performance in the Swiss team. He increased the lead to Olympic champion Park Sangyeong at 10:07 and rose in his second bout with a 9:05 lead over Jung Jinsun until 19:13.

But less of Steffen's and Heinzer's check-ups leave the head before the final duel between Steffen and Sangyeong melt to a goal (25:24). But the left-hander Steffen then completed the blow with an 11: 7.

Max Heinzer at Wuxi. (Photo: EPA / ALEKSANDAR PLAVEVSKI, July 26, 2018)

The Swiss were beaten by the Asians in 2015 at the World Cup in Moscow in the semifinal with 37:45. Or in the last clash with world titles at the Rio Olympics, the (insignificant) battle for 5th place (36:45) was lost.

But also in the final, the Swiss team grew beyond the semifinal against France, until here hard to beat for Switzerland. Against the reigning champion and the Olympic champion, Heinzer has stood out. He took a 30:31 backlog and led in the penultimate bout with a 10: 2 over Alex Fava Switzerland to a pre-decisive lead 40:33. Olympic quarterfinal Steffen leaves nothing to be desired with a 5: 5 over Yannick Borel, the European individual champion of the last three years

Successful Swiss Vengeance

Switzerland and France were already in the final of the Coupe du already opposed world. The Swiss missed the first World Cup victory in the team competition at that time only gossamer. When the leader of the Heinzer team had to leave the Board in a 32: 29 with a concussion, Switzerland drew against the highly favored Olympic champion the short straw (43:45).

In the quarterfinals, Switzerland had Italy with 36:35 defeated. It was another successful revenge against Italy. Just a month ago, the Swiss withdrew at the European Championships in Novi Sad against the same opponent in the fight for the bronze medal, the shortest (29:45).

The previous year, the Swiss also had the quarter-final against the Italians applied. It had already been a successful revenge for the bitter defeat of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games quarter-finals.