Paralympic World Cup – Bronze medal for Michele Massa in the foil which sees the pass to Paris!! Emanuele Lambertini stops one step away from the podium

ST. PAUL – On the first day of competition at the Paralympic World Cup in Sao Paulo, Michele Massa won a bronze medal in the men’s foil B, a very important podium for the man from the Marche who thus sees his pass to the Paralympic Games in Paris. Stop one step away from the podium for Emanuele Lambertini.

Great performance for Michele Massa who gets on the podium in the race that closes the path to the 2024 Paralympics. The foil player from the Fermo Fencing Academy started his race with a 15-3 victory over Poland’s Castro in the round of 16. Another clear victory in the quarterfinals for the Marche player who beat the Ukrainian Serozhenko 15-8. The stop for the class of 2004 came in the semi-final against the British Coutya with a score of 15-4. Michele Massa thus won his first individual medal in foil after two in épée in his young career.

In the men’s foil competition cat. Fifth place finish for Emanuele Lambertini. The Italian, number 1 in the world ranking, beat the host Lucas Juliao 15-2 in the 32-man draw. In the round of 16 the Fiamme Oro athlete then won 15-7 over the Ukrainian Zakusylov. The stop for Lambertini came in the quarterfinals against the Chinese Sun 15-10. In the same match 10th Matteo Betti who, after the 15-3 against the Brazilian Damasceno in the round of 16, had to stop against the other Chinese Li for 15-8.

In the women’s B saber competition, 12th place for Julia Markowska, beaten 15-8 in the round of 16 by the Chinese Kang. The performance of Loredana Trigilia and Andreea Ionela Mogos in the women’s saber A stopped on the scoreboard of 32. The two Italians finished their race in 18th and 22nd position respectively.

Tomorrow the second day of competitions. From 2pm, Italian time, the men’s A saber trials will begin with Edoardo Giordan and Matteo Dei Rossi involved. Same starting time for women’s epee B (Alessia Biagini and Julia Anna Markowska). From 6pm the men’s saber B (Gianmarco Paolucci) and women’s epee A (Andreea Ionela Mogos and Loredana Trigilia) competitions will start.

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