Worlds, Italy foil returns Dream Team

Golden foil

Gold arrives for the Italian expedition at the World Championships Cairo 2022 thanks to Italy’s women’s foil, which returned to the roof of the world. After five years, Arianna Errigo, Alice Volpi, Martina Favaretto and Francesca Palumbo became rainbow champions at the end of a day that saw them dominate every assault.

The Italian foil girls, after skipping the round of 32 as the No. 1 seed, earned a pass to the quarters yesterday thanks to a 45-19 victory over Austria. Today they immediately earned passage to the semifinals by beating Poland 45-26 and then got the better of Japan 45-37 thanks to a standout Arianna Errigo. In the final, CT Stefano Cerioni’s quartet overcame the United States 45-27, just as they did in the bronze medal final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The Italian women, who have not been off the rainbow podium since 2009, were veterans of two silver medals in Wuxi 2018 and Budapest 2019.