by Peter Gustafsson | Aug 8, 2018 | FIE
I have so far covered the very good South Korean results at the recent World Championships, and in this post I will cover another facet of the overall results list. The by far most important factors in getting good overall results are a large population to draw from,...
by Peter Gustafsson | Aug 5, 2018 | FIE, Organizational
There was a time when Asian fencing results in big international competitions was all about three major countries, but that they were reasonably equally matched compared to each other. Not so anymore. The Wuxi World Championships have decisively proven that South...
by Peter Gustafsson | Jul 28, 2018 | Coaching, FIE
I have slacked off quite a bit with my blogging recently, but I have not stopped it. Here goes: There were quite a few things that were noteworthy during the recently held World Championships in Wuxi, China, and I will address several of them. First of all: an...
by Peter Gustafsson | Dec 29, 2017 | FIE, Organizational
This post is a direct continuation of the previous one, me commenting on various decisions made at the most recent FIE meeting in Dubai. Reworked points system. For competitions that award points to the various FIE rankings, more fencers will get points. Previously,...
by Peter Gustafsson | Dec 26, 2017 | FIE, Organizational
The FIE decided a lot of things at its congress in Dubai november 25th, 2017. A 35-page summary of those decisions was put together, and the remainder of this blog post is a series of my comments on those decisions. I am commenting on many, but not all of the changes....
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