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Italian Sports:
Failure and success, that's sport, that's life
The most sparkling weapon,as always, was the women's foil, where the Italians have made a resounding performance: European gold was won by 2012 London Olympic gold Elisa Di Francisca; silver by young promising Martina Batini (we will surely hear more about her in the 2016 Rio Olympics Games);and bronze (tied with the Russian Biryukova) was won by the eternal veteran Valentina Vezzali, who despite having won any possible title in the last twenty years, attacks the platform with the enthusiasm and hunger of those who have yet to be proven.
platform with the enthusiasm and hunger of those who have yet to be proven.
In the women's foil Italy has won the team gold, too:the team was composed by Di Francisca, Batini, Vezzali with the addition of Arianna Errico, silver at the 2012 London Olympic Games and gold at 2013 Budapest World Championships. Besides, two gold medals have been won by the men's saber team, with Luigi Samele Diego Occhiuzzi, Luigi Miracco and Enrico Berré, who beat Russia 45 to 44 in a hard-fought final, and in the women's fencing, with Bianca Del Carretto. Silver, instead, for Paolo Pizzo in the men's fencing and for men's foil team (Valerio Aspromonte, Andrea Cassarà , Giorgio Avola, Andrea Baldini). Rossella Gregorio has won the bronze medal in the women's saber and for the women's fencing bronze too was won by Rossella Fiamingo, Bianca Del Carretto, Mara Navarria e Francesca Quondamcarlo. Now the focus moves towards the next World Cup, to be held in Kazan (Russia) next July from 15 to 23: as usual, we will arrivethere as the favorite team.
By Simone Callisto Manca