Saturday, January 21, 2006
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BUDAPEST - Canada's top women's epee fencer and
author of Running With Swords, Sherraine MacKay, put on a
sparkling performance to kick off the 2006 World Cup season by
winning the silver medal at the Westend Cup in Budapest today.
In the gold medal match, MacKay, currently ranked 4th
in the world, lost 15-10 to Anna Branza of Romania.
The day’s highlight came in the semi-finals when
MacKay overcame a 14-12 deficit to defeat the 5-time Olympic
medalist, Laura Flessel-Colovic of France 15-14. Flessel-Colovic
and Cristiana Cascioli from Italy shared the bronze medal.
“The match doesn’t end at 14…I knew I just had
to be courageous and forget about her Olympic medals and go for
it!” MacKay said following the event.
MacKay of Brooks, Alta. scraped the off-season
rust away with a 15-14 victory in the 1st round over
Smiljka Rodic from Serbia Montenegro. She followed up with solid
wins over Greece’s
