Foil World Cup, triumph of the Italian women in Palma de Mallorca
Anna Cristino, Arianna Errigo, Martina Favaretto and Martina Batini win gold over the United States. Silver the men’s team.
Anna Cristino, Arianna Errigo, Martina Favaretto and Martina Batini win gold over the United States. Silver the men’s team.
At the ongoing collegiate retreat at the CONI Olympic Preparation Center in Tirrenia, the Italian national women’s and men’s foil teams are working toward their season debut at the World Cup, scheduled for Nov. 6-9 in Palma de Mallorca.
On the final day of competition in Tbilisi, Italy women’s saber was beaten in the round of 16 by Spain, epee players stopped in the quarterfinals by Kazakhstan.
A great day for Italian fencing at the Tbilisi World Championships being held in Georgia
A great day for Italian fencing at the Tbilisi World Championships being held in Georgia
In men’s individual epee at the Tbilisi World Championships Davide Di Veroli was fifth, in women’s individual saber Michela Battiston tenth.
In Tbilisi Guillaume Bianchi, Filippo Macchi, Tommaso Marini, and Alessio Foconi won world gold in men’s team foil by beating the United States 43-42 in the final. Fourth were the female epees.
Luca Curatoli in men’s saber and Anna Cristino and Martina Favaretto in women’s foil after defeats in their respective semifinals won automatic bronze medals at the World Fencing Championships in Tbilisi, the first precious metals for Italy at this rainbow event.
At the World Championships in Tbilisi Filippo Macchi is fifth in men’s foil, Alberta Sntuccio and Rossella Fiamingo are fifth and seventh in women’s epee.
On the fifth day of the European Championships in Liguria come two more medals for Italy, which rises to 11
Another banner day for the Tricolor, which flies to nine medals in the European Championships in Liguria
In Genoa, Martina Batini, gold two years ago in Plovdiv, won the third individual European medal of her career by taking bronze in foil.
Live coverage of the decisive assaults for medals in the individual and team tournaments from the new Palasport in the Ligurian capital.
Excellent performance for the Azzurri in Shanghai, the last stop on the world circuit before the European Championships scheduled in Genoa.
Italy’s CT Simone Vanni won three medals in Canada in the individual competitions of the penultimate World Cup stage.
Italy’s men’s saber shines silver in the team competition that closed the specialty program.
They range from Italy and France who made six out of six, and all the way to Kazakhstan, Venezuela, Czech Republic, Algeria and Iran who qualified for only one specialty.