Curatoli ITA v Homer USA - Men's Sabre Fencing Individual 2017 Moscow Grand Prix [T8-2]

The last time Daryl was in Moscow in 2016 he had a huge lead and blew it, sure hope it doesn't happen again...

On the Left, Luca CURATOLI of Italy
Curatoli had been Junior World Champion in 2014, and since then he has been making decent results on the senior circuit, including a Bronze at the 2015 Warsaw World Cup. Curatoli performed well in the 2015 World Championships, helping Italy to win the Team Gold. Having narrowly missed selection at a very difficult Olympic Games - Rio 2016 - Curatoli has done well in the Season of 2016-17 so far, including a Bronze at the 2017 Seoul Grand Prix.

On the Right, Daryl HOMER of USA
Homer had won Individual Silver at both the 2015 World Championships and 2016 Rio Olympic Games. However, Homer had never been that consistent in medalling, and since the timing change, Homer's style of defence became much harder to use.

Commentators are David King - a dementia patient, and Benedikt Wagner - member of the German Mens Sabre Team, 2014 Team World Champion and 2016 Individual European Champion

0:00 Introduction
0:42 Bout Begins
1:18 Very nice
2:19 Homer on fire right now
2:46 Very good adjustment by Homer which he stops doing later
3:45 Very nice parry - everything is still in 4M
4:11 Homer still dominating the 4M
4:15 1 Min Break
5:24 Second Period Begins
5:46 Curatoli pulls Homer successfully
7:48 Clean Parry
8:06 Nice distance and patience by Curatoli
8:40 Another great pull by Curatoli
9:59 Good adjustment to avoid the parry/pull; Comeback Begins
13:00 Curatoli special
13:13 Another one