In this episode I interview my second World Champion in a row! This time it's the women's sabre world champion, Larissa Eifler. We talk about her epic win and how she reset her mentality after a disappointing European Championships and how much the first women's sabre World Championships title in the history of German fencing means not only to her but his whole country.

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In the 13th episode of season 2 of Chaos on the Strip, I interview Alexander Choupenitch, the new men's foil world champion and end of season world number 1. We discuss his training and what being the first ever Czechian fencing World Champion means to his country.

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https://www.instagram.com/choupenitch/

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The 12th episode of season 2 of Chaos on the Strip is a review of the senior women's sabre event at this year's senior world championships in Hong Kong. My women's sabre experts are British senior team member Hui Xin Sezille and French junior team member Alex Manga. We go over all of the results of the competition in great detail, including the final, which countries had a good day, and all of the crazy upsets.

Hui Xin's Instagram Page

https://www.instagram.com/huixin_sezille/

Hui Xin's Instagram Page

https://www.instagram.com/alexthefencer/

Thank you to Photo Pavia for taking this picture

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The 11th episode of season 2 of Chaos on the Strip is a review of the senior men's foil event at this year's senior world championships in Hong Kong. German junior men's foil national team member Simon Polotzek and I go over all of the results of the competition in great detail, including the final, which countries had a good day, and all of the crazy upsets.

Simon's Instagram Page

https://www.instagram.com/simonpolotzek/

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In the 10th episode of season 2 of Chaos on the Strip, I talk to Jiri about the many things he has done during his career. After winning a team Bronze Medal in Paris, he retired and continues to stay active in fencing by getting kids excited about fencing and fair play. In 2016 he won a fair play medal and he currently owns an equipment business. At one point he was also a member of the FIE Athlete Commission. What hasn't this guy done??

Jiri's Foundation: https://sermdetem.cz/

Comics Page: https://whaleden.com/stories/moral-code

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In episode nine of the second season of Chaos on the Strip we go over some of the proposed rule changes for this season. Of the 35 proposed changes to the rules, most are technical or language changes that won't actually have an impact on the community but there are about 10 that I feel would have a pretty significant impact if passed so we discuss those proposed changes and their implications here. If you want to watch the full video with all of the rules listed on screen head over to CyrusofChaos on YouTube!

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Today's interview is with Leonie Ebert, the 2022 senior European champion. A few years ago a devastating injury required Leonie to take time off and get surgery. After years of patience and rehab she was finally healthy enough to come back and in her second tournament since her return she was able to make a top 8. Hear her full story here! A full video version of this podcast can be found on my Patreon account:

Leonie Ebert's Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/leonieeebert/

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Today I interview Momo Bertini, the defending junior world champion from Italy who just got his first senior world cup medal in the Salt Lake World Cup last weekend. We discuss how he was able to overcome his anxiety after a few disappointing seasons to be able to perform well, how he comes from a family of high level athletes, and various fencing topics in general. A full video version of this podcast can be found on my Patreon account:

Momo Bertini's Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/cosimo_bertini/

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In the 6th episode of season 2 of Chaos on the Strip, I talk to Alexander Massialas about his career. At the beginning of the 2024-2025 season Alexander made the surprising decision to become the head coach of the Stanford Fencing team while also continuing his personal competitive career. This has paid off well for him as he has won several FIE events since then, including his third Challenge International de Paris. We discuss all of that and more in this interview.

Alex Massialas's Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/amassialas/

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Season 2 Episode 5 of Chaos on the Strip is the second BREAKOUT RESULT podcast of 2026. Entering the Fujairah Epee World Cup as the 59th seed, Conrad came out of nowhere to win the entire tournament. His journey started in foil where he won a few junior world cup medals in both individuals and teams, then after retiring from foil in 2019 decided to give epee a try. We discuss how bringing his unique foil skills into epee has really helped him BREAKOUT!

Conrad Kongstad's Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/remi.grrg/

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