Foil World Cup, triumph of the Italian women in Palma de Mallorca
The World Cup season of Italy’s foil team led by coach Simone Vanni is off to a great start. Indeed, in the team trials come two medals in Palma de Mallorca.
The gold in the women’s field was won by the Italians Anna Cristino, Arianna Errigo, Martina Favaretto and Martina Batini, protagonists in competition dominated and closed with success in the final over the United States.
In contrast, the men’s team with Guillaume Bianchi, Tommaso Marini, Filippo Macchi and Alessio Foconi, stopped only in the’last act by the Russians of the AIN.
The women foil fencers beat Romania (45-28) in the round of 16, China (45-23) in the quarters and Japan (42-26) in the semifinals, thus gaining a pass to the final won 45-32 that is worth the first World Cup stage of the season.
The Azzurri overcame Great Britain (45-31) in the round of 16, Hong Kong (45-39) in the quarters and Germany (45-27) in the semifinals. They were knocked out in the final 45-36.
Five medals in this Cup opener, two gold, one silver and two bronze). Yesterday, in fact, in the individual competitions had come Martina Favaretto’s success in the women’s event and the double bronze in the men’s competition with the signatures of Guillaume Bianchi and Tommaso Martini.
