Women’s Sabre: Chiara Mormile silver in Plovdiv
Female Sabre: Chiara Mormile d'silver in Plovdiv
Chiara Mormile’s saber shines in silver in Plovdiv. The 29-year-old Italian from the Army è climbed on the second step of the podium in the individual World Cup event, in Bulgaria, after an exhilarating performance that earned her her fourth medal as well as the best result in her career in the rainbow circuit (after three bronzes). Also in the women’s event, stops in the round of 16 for Michela Battiston and Alessia Di Carlo.
Chiara Mormile’s splendid day è began with a 15-8 victory over France’s Tori in the round of 64. In the round of 32 the Roman saber got the better of Spanish Navarro with a score of 15-10. The Army class ’95 centered the ’entry among the “top 8” thanks to the success against teammate Alessia Di Carlo, in an enthralling blue derby of the round of 16 closed on the result of 15-13.
The certainty of a medal for Mormile è then came with a 15-11 success in the quarters over Japan’s Emura. Chiara però did not è stop theè and in the semifinals she inflicted a 15-8 win on Spain’s Lucia Martin-Portugues, thus flying to’the last act. In the final, opposed to Bulgaria’s Yoana Ilieva, the Italian skimmed the great feat, yielding only in the final hits, with a score of 15-11, and still going on to win a sparkling silver medal, the best result in Chiara Mormile’s career in the World Cup.
It was worse, however, at men’s saber, where the best è was Michele Gallo, who stopped just short of the top 8, finishing in 11th place. The reigning European champion overcame Hungary’s Petrucz in his first match of the day with a score of 15-9 and later got the better of Japan’s Streets 15-8. Gallo, bearer of the Carabinieri, è stopped in the round of 16 on 15-8 by the U.S. Heatcock. Pietro Torre, ranked 20° had stopped in the previous round. Six months after the Olympic bronze medalist, Luigi Samele on his return to competition è was overtaken in the closing credits (15-13) by Japan’s Kato, finishing 33°, while Edoardo Cantini finished 48°.
