A national fencing team left for Italy on September 26 to attend the 2006 World Fencing Championships to be held in Turin, Italy, from September 29. The seven Vietnamese fencers are expected to learn valuable experience from the tourney to prepare for the coming ASIAD.

Some Vietnamese women sabre fencers in the team had a chance to compete with strong international rivals at the Grand Prix and the World Team Fencing Cup in Hanoi last May.

Vietnam’s fencing has secured a stable position among the top three regional countries in recent years, but the world tournament remains a challenge for Vietnamese fencers, who just qualified for direct knock-out rounds of the two previous tourneys.

Source: VOV