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Coach Igor Gantsevich watches intently as Dynamo fencers rule the Canada Cup.
Photo by Ladislas Kadyszewski/Milk Images
Dynamo fencers dominate Canada Cup
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When Igor Gantsevich was growing up, he was the only male athlete from Western Canada to make the national fencing team.
Now, thanks in large part to his relentless efforts to advance the sport, Richmond’s Dynamo Fencing Club alone has more athletes on the team than the entire province of Quebec.
“It’s truly incredible what our athletes have achieved this season,” says Gantsevich, on the heels of local athletes returning from Gatineau last weekend with 21 medals and nine national championships.
As a result, Dynamo athletes—many of whom are coached by Gantsevich, who is also president of the club along with being the head coach of the off-shoot West Vancouver Premier Fencing Academy—now make up the most national team members of any club in the country.
“We won every single men’s epee category possible,” he notes. “And in U15, Cadet and Junior we won three of the possible four men’s medals in each category.”
The progression out west is a sharp contrast to when Gantsevich was on the national team. At that time, just over a decade ago, Quebec athletes dominated the sport in Canada.
Next weekend (Feb. 7 to 9) is the Vancouver World Cup at the Richmond Olympic Oval. It is the last qualifier to the Olympic Summer Games.
DYNAMO FENCING CLUB RESULTS
Gold medals
Howard Zhao
Yao Rong
Zakhar Vozovik
Kyle Lui
Janet Chen
Christina Zozulya
Jerry Pan
Hao He Yu Hao
Carolyn Granholm
Silver medals
Darya Varfolomeyeva
Eric Pan
Jack Pan
Adam Wong
Bronze medals
Jerry Pan (SMS
Howard Zhao
Michael Yao
Kyle Lui
Nicolas Zhang
Hao He Yu
Angelica Sun
Carolyn Granholm
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