Shanghai GP 2018 Men's Foil Semi Final 2 Safin RUS vs Imboden USA

Men's Foil Semi-final at the Shanghai Grand Prix between Timur Safin (RUS) and Race Imboden (USA). Suh Sangwon is the referee at the Westgate Shopping Mall in the Jiag An district of the city.

[@logosao88]

Two awesome fencers!

[@jirennasura7312]

Super

[@mrking3804]

Awesome

[@dzfz2100]

Hold on - in what universe was the first hit not Safin’s attack with a coupé?

[@Friendguystarcraft]

dzfz2100 clear stop, Safin finishes his attack, can be seen on the slow mo more easily

[@dzfz2100]

Any by that same token, why wasn’t the hit around 16:37 also given to imboden if “attack no” is being so strictly enforced?

[@dzfz2100]

Friendguystarcraft I don’t see the stop? You mean the little hop he does before he launches the step lunge? Because Imboden is still going backwards when that hop happens. If imboden had attacked into prep during that hop, then I’d agree with you

[@Friendguystarcraft]

dzfz2100 I think that's an iffy call, it does look more continuous than the first but he clearly gives his arm and finishes a step.

[@dzfz2100]

I'm afraid I still don't see the first one. If this were sabre, I totally get that the first presentation of the blade with the landing of the front foot would be "attack no"... but I didn't think that rule applied in foil.

[@jayzhang2467]

7:05

[@UncleWally3]

Imboden is what makes America great . . . again.

[@logosao88]

Two awesome fencers!