The first Sabre Grand Prix of the 2018-19 season is on in Caito (EGY) with a large field of 142 men and 130 women, drawing nearly all of the top-ranked Sabre-istas in the world:
● Men:
1. Eli Dershwitz (USA) ~ 2018 World Championships silver medalist
2. Bon-Gil Gu (KOR) ~ 2017 Worlds silver medalist
4. Aron Szilagyi (HUN) ~ 2016 Olympic Champion
5. Sang-Uk Oh (KOR) ~ 2018 World Team gold medalist
6. Luca Curatoli (ITA) ~ 2018 World Team silver medalist
7. Kamil Ibragimov (RUS) ~ 2017 & 2018 Worlds bronze medalist
8. Andras Szatmari (HUN) ~ 2017 World Champion
9. Max Hartung (GER)
10. Luigi Samele (ITA)
● Women:
1. Sofya Velikaya (RUS) ~ 2018 Worlds silver medalist
2. Anna Marton (HUN)
3. Cecilia Berder (FRA) ~ 2018 World Team gold medalist
4. Olha Kharlan (UKR) ~ 2016 Olympic bronze medalist
5. Bianca Pascu (ROU)
6. Sofia Pozdniakova (RUS) ~ 2018 World Champion
7. Ji-Yeon Kim (KOR) ~ 2018 World Team Champs bronze medalist
9. Dagmara Wozniak (USA) ~ 2016 Olympic Team bronze medalist
10. Anne-Elizabeth Stone (USA) ~ 2018 Worlds bronze medalist
Since his silver medal in the 2018 World Championships, Dershwitz has fenced twice, finishing 17th in the Algiers (ALG) World Cup in November and winning in Warsaw (POL) on 1 February. Look for results here.
