World Cup #2 - Cairo, Egypt - Womens Semifinals

There were 51 competitors in women's semifinals on Thursday, 18 March, divided into two groups and looking for a place in the final on Saturday. A place in the top 18 of each group was enough to guarantee the qualification.

Semifinal A
1. Katarzyna Wojczik (POL) 3808
2. Anne Hackel (GBR) 3752
3. Sylvia Czwojdzinska (POL) 3684
4. Polina Struchtukova (RUS) 3552
5. Leila Gyenesei (HUN) 3536
6. Katy Burke (GBR) 3532
7. Sarolta Kovacs (HUN) 3502
8. Elfie Arnaud (FRA) 3472
9. Donata Rimsaite (LTU) 3472
10. Yuliya Kolegova (LTU) 3452
11. Narumi Kurosu (JPN) 3452
12. Jihan El Midany (EGY) 3432
13. Laura Salminen (FIN) 3428
14. Tabea Budde (GER) 3420
15. Mhairi Spence (GBR) 3404
16. Lada Jienbalanova (KAZ) 3400
17. Svetlana Lebedeva (RUS) 3392
18. Claudia Cesarini (ITA) 3340
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19. Alena Abrossimova (KAZ) 3248
20. Tania Barakova (BUL) 3156
21. Xeni Katsimantou (GRE) 3080
22. Fatma El Midany (EGY) 2944
23. Nourhan El Esaily (EGY) 2928
24. Nirine Nada (EGY) 2748
25. Hitomi Seki (JPN) 2608
26. Youssra Dessouky (EGY) 2600

The best performances by event of the group were:
Fencing
1. Czwojdzinska (1108 points, 21 wins)
2. Struchtukova and Wojczik (1072, 20 wins)
4. Jienbalanova (1000, 18 wins)
5. Gyenesei and Hackel (964, 17 wins)
7. Burke, Kurosu and Seki (892, 15 wins)
10. Kovacs, Rimsaite (856, 14 wins)

Seki was the only one of those athletes who didn't manage to qualify for the final. Kolegova was the one who scored less points (568, with only 6 wins and 24th overall in the group) and still secured a spot in the final with good performances in swimming and combined event.

Swimming
1. Kovacs (1184 points, 2:14.72)
2. Gyenesei (1184, 2:14.96)
3. Burke (1164, 2:16.52)
4. Struchtukova (1164, 2:16.60)
5. Fatma Elmedany (1156, 2:17.08)
6. Kolegova (1132, 2:19.31)
7. Lebedeva (1116, 2:20.58)
8. Hackel (1100, 2:21.89)
9. Arnaud (1096, 2:22.00)
10. Spence (1096, 2:22.04)

From the 10 best times, Elmedany was the only one who missed the final. The top 4 swimmers were also in the top 10 fencers and started the combined event in a good position.

Combined Event
1. Kolegova (1752 points, 13:32.10)
2. Budde (1700, 13:45.15)
3. Hackel (1688, 13:48.12)
4. Wojcik (1680, 13:50.50)
5. Jihan El Midany (1636, 14:01.10)
6. Salminen (1584, 14:14.43)
7. Rimsaite (1576, 14:16.71)
8. Arnaud (1556, 14: 21.52)
9. Barakova (1552, 14:22.12)
10. Cesarini (1508, 14:33.93)

In the combined event, some just manage to qualify, while others have different fates, some "choke" and fail to qualify while others try a comeback, sometimes succesfull or not. Barakova was the 9th in the event and still it was not enough to qualify, while Cesarini secured the last spot in the group with the tenth performance in combined event. Seki had the worst time in the group (18:12.92) and missed the final, Struchtukova (20th in CE) and Gyenesei (18th in CE) also didn't perform well but managed to finish in 4th and 5th places in the group. Kolegova and Budde could rely on her performances to secure a spot in the final.

Semifinal B
1. Viktoria Pataki (HUN) 3724
2. Aya Medany (EGY) 3652
3. Yane Marques (BRA) 3616
4. Evdokia Gretchichnikova (RUS) 3536
5. Claudia Knack (GER) 3528
6. Anais Eudes (FRA) 3460
7. Elodie Clouvel (FRA) 3448
8. Nadejda Zasimenka (BLR) 3360
9. Ekaterina Khuraskina (RUS) 3360
10. Ronja Doring (GER) 3352
11. Freyja Prentice (GBR) 3352
12. Katy Livingston (GBR) 3348
13. Iryna Khokhlova (UKR) 3344
14. Anfisa Kasyanava (BLR) 3332
15. Reem El Sayed (EGY) 3304
16. Magdalena Walesa (POL) 3276
17. Aleksandra Skarzynsk (POL) 3208
18. Nada Ashraf (EGY) 3218
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19. Alaa Elsaftey (EGY) 3084
20. Ganna Buriak (UKR) 3024
21. Larissa Lellys (BRA) 2940
22. Anna Shondina (KAZ) 2740
23. Sarah Mohamad (EGY) 2672
24. Elena Rublevska (LAT) 1996 (DNF - Did Not Finish)
25. Valentina Nagornaya (KAZ) 0 (DNS - Did Not Start)

The only surprise between those who failed to qualify was Rublevska, who was disqualified in the combined event for using other athlete's pistol.

The best performances by event in Group B were:

Fencing
1. Medany, Gretchichnikova (1000 points, 17 wins)
3. Rublevska (964 points, 16 wins)
4. Marques, Eudes, El Sayed (928 points, 15 wins)
7. Pataki, Knack, Khuraskina, Livingston (892 points, 14 wins)

Swimming
1. Clouvel (1244 points, 2:09.88)
2. Khokhlova (1156 points, 2:17.27)
3. Medany (1152 points, 2:17.47)
4. Marques (1140 points, 2:18.42)
5. Livingston (1140 points, 2:18.59)
6. Pataki (1140 points, 2:18.62)
7. Knack (1108 points, 2:21.07)
8. Doring (1096 points, 2:22.10)
9. Walesa (1092 points, 2:22.37)
10. Prentice (1092 points, 2:22.40)

Combined Event
1. Pataki (1692 points, 13:47.22)
2. Kasyanava (1636 points, 14:01.17)
3. Marques (1548 points, 14:23.54)
4. Knack (1528 points, 14:28.21)
5. Gretchichnikova (1508 points, 14:33.10)
6. Elsaftey (1504 points, 14:34.05)
7. Medany (1500 points, 14:35.83)
8. Zasimenka (1480 points, 14:40.92)
9. Prentice (1476 points, 14:41.36)
10. Khuraskina (1476 points, 14:41.64)