Havana, Cuba – World no.1 women’s épée fencer and
author of Running with Swords, Sherraine Schalm-MacKay
was one point away from winning her sixth world cup
of the season before falling 15-14 to her Hungarian
training partner, Emese Szasz, in the final of the
Havana World Cup Grand Prix today.
With the silver medal Schalm-MacKay of Brooks,
Alberta has officially won the 2006 World Cup
Circuit by accumulating the most points throughout
this season.
”It feels amazing to win the World Cup Circuit! I’ve
had an really consistent year and this is congrats
for it! I'm so, so happy!”
This sort of success has been foreign to Canadians
as Sherraine steps into unmarked territory in the
fencing world medalling at 13 of the last 15 world
class events she has attended.
In
the Havana heat earlier today, Sherraine began with
victories over Maria Martinez (VEN), Eimey Gomez
Chivas (CUB), Yana Shemyakina (UKR), Sonya Tol (NED)
before defeating Lubov Shutova from Russia 15-14 to
meet Emese Szasz from Hungary in the final.
Sherraine and Emese train in Budapest at the same
club under the tutelage of Coach Gyozo Kulcsar.
”I came 2nd today and yet I still won the world
cup!” Schalm-MacKay said with her usual witty sense
of humour, “Emese fenced really well today and now I
can’t wait for Worlds…only three months to go!”
Sherraine now fixes her eyes on winning gold at the
2006 World Championships in Torino this fall as she
tries to better her bronze medal performance from
last year.
Laura Flessel-Colovic of France and Lubov Shutova
were the other medal winners taking home bronze.
Other Canadian results:
Julie Leprohon of Montreal finished 32nd,
Toronto’s Ainsley Switzer placed 40th
and Catherine Dunnette from Calgary
was 60th.
Schalm-MacKay, Leprohon, Dunnette and Switzer will
represent Canada in the team event Sunday.
Full results:
http://www.fie.ch/Competitions/ResultsList.aspx?Key=688E16BBAE4BF814F62D965125B216C6
