Canadian Fencing Federation – Coming off her gold medal last weekend in Division One Women’s Foil at the North American World Cup, Eleanor Harvey (Hamilton, ON) continues to show her strength with a 10^th place finish in World Cup competition in Algeria on Saturday.

With a direct bye to the 64’s due to her world ranking, Harvey breezed through her 64 and 32 round bouts, defeating Astrid Rapaud from France 15-4, followed by France’s Solene Butreille 15-7.  Harvey’s streak came to an end in the 16’s with a heartbreaking loss by a close score of 15-14 to Italy’s Valentina De Costanzo, giving her a 10^th place finish overall.

Harvey’s teammates Kelleigh Ryan (Ottawa, ON) and Alanna Goldie (Calgary, AB) also impressed.  Ryan finished in 18^th place while Goldie finished 48^th.  Both unfortunately fell at the hands of Julia Walczyk of Poland who defeated Goldie 15-12 in the 64’s and then defeated Ryan 15-8 in the 32’s.

Canada competed in the women’s foil team event on Sunday finishing 11^th.  The team lost to Poland 45-33 in the 16’s to take them out of a chance for a medal.   Canada lost to Germany a close 44-41 and then defeated Austria 45-20 to finish in 11^th place overall.

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