The French men's sabre team achieved a resounding victory by winning the world championship title in Hong Kong. Facing the South Korean Olympic champions, the French team gave their opponents no chance and secured a decisive win with a score of 45 - 31This success ends a 20-year wait, the previous world title for the French team sabre fencers dating back to 2006. Rémi Garrigue, Maxime Pianfetti, Jean-Philippe Patrice and Sébastien Patrice thus give France its only world title of these World Championships.
A blistering start that stuns the South Koreans
The French took the final by the throat. World number one Sébastien Patrice got his team off to a perfect start by winning the first leg. 5 - 0In the aftermath, the French team continued to accelerate to take the lead. 15 - 4 After the first three legs, a considerable gap already existed against the best team in the world. Despite a more complicated fourth leg for Rémi Garrigue, who lost 5-10, the French team quickly regained control of the match. They maintained a comfortable lead until the end before finishing with a brilliant 45 - 31, without ever giving South Koreans hope for a return.
A near-perfect journey to gold
Before this impressive performance in the final, the French had already delivered a stunning display throughout the day. They successively dominated Singapore (45-31), swept aside Turkey (45-28), controlled China (45-36), and then eliminated Hungary (45-40) in the semi-finals. After frustrating individual events, where none of the four fencers managed to reach the podium despite their high hopes, they responded in the most spectacular way in the team event.
The return to the top 20 years later
This world title is the first won by the French team sabre team since their victory in Turin in 2006. It also allows France to conclude its World Championships with four medals The French men's sabre team won gold, Sara Balzer silver, Toscane Tori bronze, and the women's team bronze. This victory confirms the return of French men's sabre to the highest international level and rewards a team that dominated the Olympic champions with impressive skill in the most important event of the competition.
