Show in Antalya: the blue Alice Volpi, Arianna Errigo, Martina Favaretto and Francesca Palumbo overwhelm France and win the European title
The Italy of women’s foil at the absolute European Championships in Antalya is golden. Arianna Errigo, Alice Volpi, Martina Favaretto and Francesca Palumbo beat France 45-25 in the final. For Italian fencing this is the tenth medal at the continental event that takes place in the southern Turkish town. Errigo, Volpi, Favaretto and Palumbo, who started as first in the ranking, did not betray expectations. After easily overcoming Romania (45-20) in the quarter-finals, the Italians beat Germany 45 to 23 in the semifinal.
World dream
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“This result is never taken for granted – explains captain Arianna Errigo – we were not good, but more so because we won and it was nice to start as first in the ranking and confirm ourselves.” The coach Stefano Cerioni echoes her: “It went a lot well i got a beautiful response from all the girls and i am satisfied with the fencing expressed. I had to recreate a group, I kept the girls with more experience and I rewarded the young girls, a perfect mix in view of Paris 2024. The key event, however, will be the World Cup: we will do everything to be at the top there too and to repeat this title ” . In today’s other test, that of men’s team saber, Luca Curatoli, Pietro Torre, Michele Gallo and Giovanni Repetti instead came out in the quarterfinals against Turkey
The program
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Tomorrow the team competitions continue: the women’s sword is scheduled, where Italy deploys a team composed of Rossella Fiamingo, Alberta Santuccio, Mara Navarria and Federica Isola and the men’s foil with the blues Daniele Garozzo, Tommaso Marini, Alessio Foconi and Guillaume Whites.
June 20, 2022 (change June 20, 2022 | 19:42)
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