Fencing, a World Cup in Milan that looks like an Olympics: here are which matches the Azzurri can win
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Unity is strength, one for all and all for one, you can use many idioms that border on the duels on the platform. However, the fencing World Championship which opens in Milan, with qualifications from Saturday to Monday and then medals from Tuesday to Sunday 30 in the Allianz MiCo exhibition complex, lived in Italy under the banner of the team. Of the union. Of the block that gathers male and female athletes from different cities and schools, to coagulate them into a winning group.
Not that individualists are lacking, on the contrary, in the world ranking many are placed in the top positions with a view to medals. But our most solid chances come from the second part of the World Championship, that of the team trials from Friday to Sunday, as also demonstrated by the last world championship in Cairo: gold in women’s foil (Palumbo, Errigo, Volpi, Favaretto) and to the male one (Garozzo, Bianchi, Foconi, Marini). And again: silver to the female sword (Isola, Navarria, Fiamingo, Santuccio) and masculine (Cimini, Di Veroli, Santarelli, Vismara). The after Aldo Montano started instead with a bronze for the sabers Curatoli, Samele, Torre and Gallo.
European Fencing Championships: Macchi gold in foil, Italy first in the medal table
In short, the Italian school has recovered after the disappointment of Tokyo, zero gold medals, taking full advantage of the shock given by the new weapon coaches, Stefano Cerioni above all in foil, but also the absence of the most popular Russians who won three gold medals at the Japanese Olympics. The story is known: only second-rate athletes will be admitted to Milan, who are not part of military groups such as CSKA or Dinamo, and who have not demonstrated in favor of the war, not even with a like. Ukrainians will boycott races where the few allowed Russians are present, but will participate in team races where Russia (and Belarus) are banned.
