Russia’s men’s foil team celebrated its passage to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics with gold at the final World Cup stage in Bonn, Germany, whilst there was also joy for Great Britain who pipped Germany to the European qualification place.
The FIE World Cup calendar resumed after the festive break with the foil competitions which saw USA star Race Imboden win his second successive men’s Challenge International de Paris and Italy’s Arianna Errigo claim gold in Poland.