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Musaed, Abdeldayem and Mirzaei kings of local tourney

DOHA, February 27: Wesam Musaed, Ahmed Abdeldayem and Mohammed Mirzaei were the winners of the local fencing championship held at the Fencing Training Center in Qatar.

The three-day competition which concluded on Tuesday, 27 February 2007, witnessed the local fencers locking their swords in Foil, Sabre and Epee disciplines.

All participating fencers including the 13-members touring to Iran for the World Cup starting on March 2, were engaged in rigorous training camp in Doha which started on 15 February at the Fencing Training Center.

In the foil discipline on 25 February 2007, amongst the 19 participating fencers, Wesam Musaed took the battle overpowering Hamad Saad 15-9.

Musaed had an easy run to the finals defeating Abdullah Al Ibrahimi 15-10 in the semi-finals. Saad outclassed Mohammed Abdul Salam 11-10 to advance through to the finals.

In the Sabre discipline on 26 February 2007, amongst the 16 participating fencers, Ahmed Abdeladyem outshine Nasr Awad in a close 15-14 encounter. He also beat Abdulaziz Al Amudi 15-5 in semis. Awad reached final beating Adel Al Jailani 15-4.

In the last of the three disciplines the epee competition on 27 February saw Mohammed Mirzaei overcome Wesam Musaed 15-10. In the semi-finals, Mirzaei beat Abdullah Al Ibrahimi 15-12, while Musaed defeat Jaman Abdullah 15-5.

Final Results:

FOIL: Wesam Musaed beat Hamad Saad 15-9

SABRE: Ahmed Abdeldayem beat Nasr Awad 15-14

EPEE: Mohammed Mirzaei beat Wesam Musaed 15-10