Italian fencing celebrates its 115th birthday in the best possible way with a trio of gold medals in the team events at the Under 23 European Championships currently taking place in Antalya: the protagonists of the exploit are the women’s foil, men’s foil and men’s foil teams. men’s saber which three times makes the Mameli anthem resonate on Turkish soil and guarantees Italy – which currently has five gold medals, one silver and six bronze – first place in the medal table with a day of advance.
Among the creators is the Apulian Marco Mastrullo, who climbed to the top step of the podium together with his teammates Lorenzo Ottaviani, Mattia Rea and Lupo Veccia Scavalli: in the men’s saber event the Azzurri beat Georgia 45-40 in the quarterfinals , Hungary 45-39 in the semi-final and Romania, seeded number 1, with a score of 45-42 in the final.
Bronze medal for Hungary, which defeated France 45-33 in the final for third place.
The Fiamme Gialle saber from Foggia was especially decisive in the semi-final against the Hungarians where he overturned the flow of the match with a 9-4 partial inflicted on Bertalan Toth who brought the score from 26-30 to 35-34, giving the Italy that decisive advantage which was then increased in the two final assaults. Mastrullo’s contribution in the final against Romania was also positive with a positive balance of three hits.
A memorable day on the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of the Italian Fencing Federation, established on 3 June 1909.
