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Jaime Marti Injured: Will not fence NYC

Posted by 
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Harkins on June 23, 2011 · 
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Jaime Marti had a sabre blade go through his hand. Photo: Tim Morehouse.

Jaime Marti (ESP) was injured during training for 
the NYC World Cup and will not be able to fence 
in the event.  The Spanish Olympian had an 
unbroken sabre blade go through his hand.

Marti is currently ranked 14th in the FIE point 
standings for Men’s Sabre and his last three 
results in World Cup events were 9th, 11th, and 
20th.  Based on the current team standings, Marti 
will need to keep well in individual competition 
to qualify for the individual portion of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Tim Morehouse 
<http://timmorehouse.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/olympian-jaime-marti-has-hand-saber-hand-pierced-with-saber-hes-out-for-ny-world-cup/>reported 
on his blog that Marti was injured when a sabre 
blade punctured his fencing glove and went 
through Marti’s hand.  Marti was wearing a glove 
with no holes and the sabre blade was 
unbroken.  Fortunately there was no nerve damage.

“This injury is just another example that the 
gloves do not meet a good safety standard.” said Morehouse in his blog.

In March, the 
<http://www.fencing.net/3992/fie-moving-to-improve-fencer-safety-in-sabre/>FIE 
issued some rules on checking the gloves as a 
stopgap measure to improve fencer safety.  Just 
last week the 
<http://www.fencing.net/forums/thread54899.html>FIE 
SEMI commission met in Rome, Italy.  The 
representatives of the FIE commission discussed 
items concerning the safety in saber with special 
emphasis on equipment and materials.

Marti will miss the NYC World Cup and Spanish 
National Championships.  He hopes to be able to 
compete in the European Championships.