Video Highlights of the 2010 European Championships

The 2010 European Fencing Championships drew to a close today with the final team events.
Italy was the big winner with gold medals in Men’s Team Foil, Men’s Foil, Women’s Foil, Women’s Team Foil, and Men’s Team Sabre.
Individual event winners included: Andrea Baldini, Valentina Vezzali, Alexey Yakimenko, Imke Duplitzer, Svetlana Kormilitsyna, and Jean-Michel Lucenay.
Team events were won by Italy (Men’s and Women’s Foil and Men’s Sabre), Poland (Women’s Epee), Ukraine (Women’s Sabre), and Hungary (Men’s Sabre).
The medal winners received another perk when Alisher Usmanov, President of the International Fencing Confederation (FIE), donated $100,000 in prize money.  Max Geuter (Secretary General  of the European Fencing Federation), confirmed that all new European Champions will achieve $6,000, silver medalists will gain $4,000 and bronze medalists will receive $3,000.
Featured Videos from the 2010 European Fencing Championships:
Individual Gold Medal Bout:

Men’s Epee Final BOCZKO (HUN) vs. LUCENAY (FRA)