The Basel 2024 Absolute European Championships began yesterday. The first day of competitions in Switzerland, in the last major international fencing event before the Paris Olympic Games, saw Tommaso Marini win the title of European champion in Men’s Foil.
The athlete from Ancona of the Fiamme Oro, who trains at the Jesi Fencing Clubhe immediately distinguished himself with a powerful ride that led him up to higher step of the podium.
After defeating the Israeli Raz Goren 15-8 in the round of 16, the player from the Marche crossed swords with the Polish Leszek Rajsky, narrowly beating him in the quarterfinals with a score of 15-14.
Almost a ‘Derby‘ the semifinal with the Czech Alexander Choupenitch, bronze at the Tokyo Olympics who at the time was registered with the Jesi club and coached by Stefano Cerioni. However, once the case was closed by 15 to 11, Tommaso Marini then won the gold medal in an all-Italian final winning 15 to 4 against Alessio Foconi.
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