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	Vladimir Smirnov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vladimir Ivanovich Smirnov (mathematician) (1887–1974), a Soviet mathematician
		Vladimir Ivanovich Smirnov (geologist) (1910–1988), a Soviet geologist
		Vladimir Smirnov (skier) (b. 1964), a Soviet/Kazakhstani cross-country skier
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vladimir_Smirnov (110 words)

	Fencing - OTMWiki
		Fencers wear conductive (lamé) jackets covering their target area, which allow the scoring apparatus to differentiate between on and off-target hits.
		If the fencers were within lunging distance when the bout was interrupted and they are not required to return their en-gard lines, the referee will ask both fencers to give sufficient ground to ensure a fair start.
		A fencer penalized with a fl card is excluded from the competition, and may be excluded from the tournament, expelled from the venue, or suspended from future tournaments in the case of serious offenses.
	www.onthemat.com /wiki/index.php/Fencing (9314 words)

	Vladimir Viktorovich Smirnov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vladimir Smirnov (May 20, 1954 - July 27, 1982) was a Soviet foil fencer.
		Smirnov won the gold medal in individual men's foil at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
		Smirnov's accident was the driving force behind the significant improvement of safety gear in fencing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vladimir_Smirnov_(fencer) (209 words)

	ABC Online News - Sports: Fencing
		Fencers qualify via the world rankings, by performing well in qualifying events held in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia-Oceania, or by being members of a qualifying team.
		Fencers begin the bout at their respective on guard line and return to it after each hit.
		At the on guard line, fencers stand with one foot in front of the other pointing their sword at the opponent with the free arm tucked behind them.
	www.abc.net.au /news/olympics/sports/fencing.htm (1611 words)

	Amazon.com: "Vladimir Smirnov": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Smirnov was relieved of his military posts after the...
		During a bout with a West German fencer, Smirnov's fencing mask was...
		In a distant third place was Vladimir Smirnov, who had managed to ski away from a small pack of racers and had all but assured himself the bronze...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Vladimir-Smirnov (540 words)

	HOLY TRINITY & FENCING'S MOST TERRIBLE MOMENT
		And second, because the story of Smirnov's death is so spectacular and ironic that it needs to be told, and better you hear it from me. Fencing's most terrible story is the equivalent of Michael Jordan doing a slam-dunk in the NBA finals and having the backboard collapse on him, killing him instantly.
		Fencers are now required to submit their masks to a strength test.
		Colin Chock, born and raised in Honolulu, in '88 and '89 was the top collegiate fencer in the Pacific Northwest and is currently Hawaii Foil Champion as well as the founder of Salle Honolulu.
	members.tripod.com /~FencerGirl/chock.htm (1867 words)

	Fencing information - Search.com
		Unlike in foil and épée, the forward crossover (one foot of the fencer passing in front of the other) has been disallowed, as before both fencers could simply run and jump at each other at the start of a touch.
		Today, some sabre fencers use a "flying lunge", or "flunge", (this is somewhat frowned upon) to produce a similar result without crossing over, but much of sabre fencing stays entirely on the ground.
		Fencers are constantly manoeuvring in and out of each other's range, accelerating, decelerating, changing directions and so on.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Fencing (8962 words)

	A Propos d'un Accident
		Knowing that at present a competitive fencer breaks, year in, year out, an average (very approximate) of a dozen blades, this should not be, in average terms, too costly for the fencer.
		This is the matter of certain high-level fencers conducting themselves toward international directors likely to be active in the course of competition with a sort of conciliatory behavior based on flattery, on admiring praise, to dispose them in their favor in case of need.
		At a given moment, this system obliges one of the fencers "to forbid himself to provoke a simultaneous action." This method has been in use for several years, and it must be agreed that since then the technical quality of the actions has been improving.
	www.classicalfencing.com /articles/A_Propos.php (4773 words)

	Choose yer Weapon, Laddie!
		It is the fencer's responsibility to be present and checked in by that time and to have any necessary safety/weapons checks performed, such as the mask, body cord and/or lame check.
		Note for sabre fencers: Even enough the back of the hand is no longer target, there must still be a piece of material covering the back of the hand, sewn into the manchette and with a finger loop to secure it in place.
		In most open competitions, however, the ratings awarded depend on how many fencers are in the overall field, the number of rated fencers in the overall field, and the number of specific ratings of fencers in the top 8 or 12 (depending on how large the event it).
	members.tripod.com /Purple_Fencer/Prep_Package.html (6011 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		Smirnov's version of events was also rejected by Ukrainian Ambassador to Moldova Petro Chalyy at a 5 July meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Sergiu Stati, Flux reported.
		Smirnov announced that the lifting of the blockade followed a decision by the Ukrainian government to allow Transdniestrian exports to transit Ukrainian territory despite lacking Moldovan export certificates.
		Smirnov also said Tiraspol is not refusing to negotiate with Chisinau because, "one way or another, Transdniester must establish normal relations with its neighbor," according to Infotag.
	www.rferl.org /newsline/2004/08/090804.asp (8089 words)

	Tenser, said the Tensor: Fencing Archives
		This is especially true in habs with smaller diameters around the spin axis, where the fencer facing to antispinwards experiences noticably lower g when advancing or lunging, while his or her opponent experiences higher g.
		Fencers in these parts pronounce the word as if it were the present participle of mirage, and the [ʒ] sound led me to think that it, like much fencing terminology, came from French.
		I had heard that several local fencers were making the trip up to Vancouver for the tournament, but I hadn't realized that some of them were competing in foil—I'd figured they were just going to spectate like us—because you don't actually have to have any super-duper international ranking to enter a World Cup.
	tenser.typepad.com /tenser_said_the_tensor/fencing/index.html (3343 words)

	Fencing101: Fencing Safety: The Maraging Blade
		The drive for safer fencing was prompted by the 1982 tournament death of the Soviet champion Vladimir Smirnov.
		Fencers know these blades from their imprimature "BF", and buy them from equipment vendors such as Triplette, Uhlmann and Allstar.
		And, as fencing moves into a new era of explosive growth and celebrity fencers, name-brand blades are making an appearance.
	www.whatisfencing.com /article.htm?itemid=7 (627 words)

	Crazy Deaths - Fencing Forum
		A foil pierced his eyeball and entered his brain Vladimir Smirnov, an Olympic champion fencer, died of brain damage nine days after his opponent's foil snapped during a match, pierced his eyeball and entered his brain.
		Smirnov was kept on life support until the final touch of the final event was held....then the plug was pulled because no one wanted him to die during the championships.
		All fatalities have been male fencers; five of seven deaths involved epée, with foil and sabre one each, and broken blades were responsible for the fatal wound in six of the seven cases.
	www.fencingforum.com /forum/showthread.php?p=137293 (1101 words)

	kiat.net: Olympic Games Fencing
		Because of the rapier's length, opponents had to fight at a distance and quick but controlled lunges, attacking the enemy with the point of the sword, replaced cruder hacking techniques.
		But the rapier wasn't a good defensive weapon, so the fencer often had to use his gauntleted left hand to parry his opponent's thrusts.
		Fencing is a difficult sport to judge, since it's necessary to determine first, whether a hit was made and, second, which came first when the two fencers score hits almost simultaneously.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/sports/fencing.html (778 words)

	My Hero was Vladimir Smirnov
		Sergai: My hero was Vladimir Smirnov.He was a member of the same club where I used to train, Kiev's Sport Army Club.
		Basically the "ghost", the spirit of Smirnov, was always present in the fencing hall where I used to train as a kid.
		Later on I created my own variation of flicking-thrusting movement,which some fencers are using these days (Sanzo,Vanni and some others).
	www.fencing.net /content/view/244/43 (635 words)

	Fencing — news reports, Sydney results, ancient origins, Olympic history, Atlanta results, the competition, rules in ...
		Battles both ancient and medieval employed the sword, though the origins of the modern sport can be found in the 15th century when gunpowder rendered sharp steel less effective as a weapon of war.
		Towards the end of that century, the épée was made popular in France and the lunge, an attack in which the feet stay put, was born through its use.
		However, since Vladimir Smirnov, Olympic foil champion from the Soviet Union, was killed when a sword went through his mask at the 1982 world championships, strict safety measures have been observed.
	www.times-olympics.co.uk /communities/fencing/fencingancient.html (647 words)

	SPORTS PEOPLE; Fencer Hurt in Match - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Vladimir Smirnov, the fencer who is defending his title in the world foil championship in Rome, suffered a severe injury yesterday when the weapon of Matthias Ber of West Germany, broke through the Soviet Union star's mask, pierced his left eye and entered the frontal lobe of his brain.
		The 28-year-old Smirnov won the 1980 foil Olympic gold medal.
		He was reported in ''guarded'' condition in a Rome hospital.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E6D71439F933A15754C0A964948260 (94 words)

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		Vladimir Komarov 1967 --- 1st cosmonaut to die in space.
		Vladimir Smirnov - fencer 1982 --- brain damage.
		During a fencing match against Matthias Behr, Behr's foil snapped, pierced Smirnov's mask, penetrated his eyeball, and entered his brain.
	www.msmisp.com /hhfarm/otros/txt/4celebritydeath.html (4889 words)

	Fencing - Text Only
		The rules for foil are somewhat knotty, but basically they go like this: Once one fencer has established the attack priority, and they hold the attack line, and they strike their opponent with the point of the blade, they have scored as hit, unless the opponent has successfully parried the attack and taken the priority.
		The opponent must now riposte, or shall lose the priority which again passes to the original fencer.
		The kevlar is to stop the fencers from accidentally (or not so accidentally) killing each other.
	athene.riv.csu.edu.au /~nastri01/TextOnlyFencingPage.html (971 words)

	village voice > news > Golden Moments by Allen St. John
		Montreal 1976 Soviet fencer Boris Onyschenko is caught using an illegal épée, which includes a hidden circuit breaker that allows him to score points even when he doesn't touch his opponent.
		Moscow 1980 Vladimir Lipitsky of Russia is stabbed through the chest in the team foil competition, his opponent's blade nicking a blood vessel but missing his heart.
		Two years later, his teammate Vladimir Smirnov dies when the tip of West German Matthias Behr's foil snaps off and pierces Smirnov's mask, eyeball, and brain.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/0038/john.shtml (1353 words)

	The Beverly Hills Fencers' Club (BHFC)
		The Beverly Hills Fencers’ Club is looking for a dynamic Fencing Coach who is able to teach all three weapons from beginners to high level competitors.
		The Beverly Hills Fencers' Club coaches are not only currently coaching some of the top fencers nationally and internationally; but they are also committed to working with children, youths and those interested in fencing as non-competitive exercise and recreation and the local film and theatre community.
		At this club, he studied under Coach Victor Bykov (former coach of USSR fencing men's foil team as well as World and, Olympic Champion Vladimir Smirnov.) With Vladimir Smirnov as his coach, Boris won 2 more Soviet Union championships.
	www.bhfencers.org /coaches.html (1065 words)

	Information on Vladimir Smirnov? - Page 2 - Fencing.Net Discussion
		Here we see both the epee fencer's reflexive reliance upon counterattacks rather than ideas of their own and their tendency toward self-delusion.
		Not only have they decided that the best way to rehabilitate the epee reputation for odoriferous garb is to counterattack by shifting it to sabre fencers, they appear to believe that the tactic can actually work!
		When anyone who walks by members of the respective groups can tell with a single incautious inhalation where the problem really lies.
	www.fencing.net /forums/thread25405-2.html#post472370 (197 words)

	What is fencing?
		The modern Olympic sport requires fencers to be of the fittest of athletes and have levels of skills which require many hours of dedicated training.
		When fencing is offered as a holiday activity or at a taster session there are always large numbers of youngsters who wish to emulate their story book heroes.
		Certain disabilities prove to be of little disadvantage at fencing and those who are unable to compete in other sports find that they can compete on equal terms with able-bodies fencers.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /dans_fencing_forum/page1.html (991 words)

	RFE/RL Newsline, 04-08-09
		Already hit by an increasing number of cases of aseptic meningitis, Novosibirsk is registering more cases of tick-born encephalitis, NTV reported on 7 August (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 4 August 2004).
		On the night of 6-7 August, police employed force to disperse a sit-in organized by Teleradio Moldova journalists and their sympathizers in front of the Moldovan Radio's building in Chisinau to protest a perceived politicization of employment policies, Flux reported.
		Transdniestrian separatist leader Igor Smirnov is accustomed to playing it both ways.
	www.hri.org /news/balkans/rferl/2004/04-08-09.rferl.html (8475 words)

	Dragon Fencing Academy
		Zachary held the positions of the State coach of fencing of sport committee for the city of Kiev, Vice-Principal Spartakus Olympic Reserve Fencing School in Kiev, coach of Dynamo Kiev Fencing Club, Bercalieri Fencing Club (Rome), and the York University Fencing Club.
		Stanley has become an accomplished foil fencer during the 1990s winning several regional and provincial individual and team medals.
		Christopher started fencing when he was 15 with Master Kotlyar and continued with Master Vladimir Solomon, Fred Granek and his brother, Dr.Alexandre Sévigny.
	www.dragonfencing.com /coaches.html (967 words)

	TIME.com: Fencing with a Touch of Class -- Aug. 13, 1984 -- Page 2
		Behr had returned to competition after a hiatus that followed a shattering 1982 fencing accident in which the broken blade of his foil killed the reigning 1980 Olympic champion, Soviet Vladimir Smirnov.
		Afterward international ties of friendship were cemented in the lobby.
		"Are you a fencer?" asked an American of a French girl.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,926773-2,00.html (486 words)

	Mauro Numa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		On 3rd august 1984 in the finals of individual foil, at the "Convention Centre" in Long Beach, the from Mestre fencer Numa found as his opponent the german from West Germany Mathias Behr.
		Behr, strong but unlucky athlete, had previously dropped out after causing, for a tragical fatality, with the point of his foil, put inside the meshes of the mask, the death of his soviet opponent Vladimir Smirnov, winner of golden medal in Moscow.
		Before the Olympics anyway he had decided to return to play, most of all to honour the unlucky Smirnov's memory.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/barnsbury/46/numa1.htm (656 words)

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