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May 25 – A FIVE HOUR DUEL TO ENTER THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS
5/25/2005, Rome – An unusual initiative by the USFA to raise money for its elite athletes: Jonathan Tiomkin and Jedediah Dupree, two of the men’s foil team which placed fourth at the Athens Olympics, met in a bout which lasted more than five hours to make the Guinness Book of Records with the world record of the longest lasting duel.
The American foilists met last Friday in the DeCapriles fencing salle at
NYU. Referee was the captain of the US national team, Jeff Bukantz. The two
fencers took a five minutes rest after each hour of fencing which was close
until the end. Incredibly at the end after five hours of fencing Tiomkin and Dupree (who had to replace at the last moment an injured Dan Kellner) were still even at 208-208. The final touch for 209-208 was scored by Tiomkin.