Zagunis, ranked number one in the world, is part of a line-up which features seven veterans of at least one Olympic Games and three Olympic medallists.

The 2004 and 2008 Olympic gold medallist leads a team of deep women's sabre talent, including world number 11-ranked Dagmara Wozniak - another 2008 Olympian and a member with Zagunis of the gold medal 2010 Pan American Fencing Championships women's sabre team.

The US goes into the competition, which is due to take place between November 4 and 13, ranked second in the world behind Russia.

The men's sabre team will be led by two Olympic veterans, Tim Morehouse and James Williams.

Morehouse, the 2010 National Champion, has a pair of top-eight finishes in World Cup competition this year, including sixth-place performances in both New York and Venezuela.

The team is ranked sixth in the world.

Other top-ranked fencers on the team include Seth Kelsey, 2004 and 2008 Olympian, and Miles Chamley-Watson.

Kelsey is now ranked 12th in the world and won a World Cup in Australia this season.

He is a member of the US Air Force's World Class Athlete programme and serves as a captain currently in the Air Force Reserves.

Chamley-Watson is a relative youngster in the top men's foil ranks, but this season he has earned the number seven spot in the world.

Chamley-Watson has had a spectacular season, kicking off with a top-eight finish at a Grand Prix World Cup in Shanghai in April, a bronze at the Grand Prix in St Petersburg, Russia, in May, and a silver at a World Cup in Venezuela in June.