In recent years, the female sword has become one of the leading weapons in Italian fencing and it will certainly be so this summer too. The first objective will be the European Championships in Basel next week, with Italy presenting a truly exceptional quartet. Four athletes who can all really fight for the gold medal and who are all among the favorites.
Alberta Santuccio and Giulia Rizzi they have been phenomenal in the last few months between the World Cup and Grand Prix, certainly obtaining the best results among the Italians. Rossella Fiamingo she is a spectacular “competitor” and knows how to exalt herself in big events. Then, there is Mara Navarria and for her it will be a special European Championship, given that it will be the last one after announcing her retirement at the end of the Olympics. The Friulian was silver a year ago and going up a step would be a dream.
It will be a long-distance challenge with the very strong French teams, they too are all candidates for the final victory. This is also an exceptional quartet, composed of Marie-Florence Candassamy, Auriane Mallo-Breton, Alexandra Louis Marie, Coraline Vitalis.
Not only Italy and France, but also pay attention to the Estonians Nelli Differt (bronze in the last edition) and Erika Kirpu, without forgetting the Hungarian Eszter Muhari and above all the Polish Renata Knapik-Miazga. Host Switzerland hopes above all in Pauline Brunner.
As for the team test obviously the duel is all between Italy and France. They are absolutely the two nations to beat and the fight for the gold should go through them. Other teams such as Poland and Estonia will try to subvert the prediction.
