Another gold medal for the Italian women’s foil Dream Team. On the sixth and final day of the European Fencing Championships in Basel, the eleventh medal arrived for Italy. It was won by the foil girls, who beat Poland in the final. The quartet of foil players formed by Arianna Errigo (standard bearer at the Paris Games), Martina Favaretto, Francesca Palumbo and Alice Volpi clearly prevailed with a score of 45-27. In the semi-finals, the Poles had eliminated France by the skin of their teeth 41-40. It is the second title in these Europeans for Arianna Errigo, the leader of the Italian team. The Italian team has won 14 of the last 15 editions of the tournament. The Italians haven’t been off the podium since Plovdiv 2009.
men’s sabre
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In the men’s sabre, however, after the historic hat-trick in the individual competition, Italy’s run led by coach Nicola Zanotti stopped in the quarter-finals. The Italian team made up of Luca Curatoli, Michele Gallo, Luigi Samele and Pietro Torre surrendered 45-37 to Romania, seeing themselves diverted to the rankings board.
medal collections
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Italy also won the medal table at the European Championships. Mameli’s anthem at the Sankt Jakobshalle resounded five times for Tommaso Marini and Arianna Errigo in foil, Michele Gallo in sabre, for the women’s épée team (Rossella Fiamingo, Mara Navarria, Giulia Rizzi and Alberta Santuccio) and the women’s foil team . Three silver medals, Alessio Foconi in foil, Luca Curatoli in saber and for the men’s épée team (Davide Di Veroli, Andrea Santarelli, Federico Vismara and Gabriele Cimini). There were also three bronze medals, Alberta Santuccio in the epee, Luigi Samele in the saber and for the men’s foil team (Guillaume Bianchi, Alessio Foconi, Filippo Macchi and Tommaso Marini). Definitely a good start in view of the Olympics next month.
