Fencing, foil: Foconi, Garozzo, Marini is hat-trick in Plovdiv. Bronze cypress in Tauber

Blue delirium in Plovdiv. It is an Italian hat-trick in the men’s foil World Cup stage: Alessio Foconi wins the Bulgarian round of the world championship circuit by winning the derby with his long-time friend Daniele Garozzo, while Tommaso Marini climbs on the third step of the podium. A real triumph for the foil players led by coach Stefano Cerioni, absolute rulers of a match in which only the presence in third place – tied with Marini – of the Hungarian Gergo Szemes does not give the wrong feeling of being in a national “open”. An Italian apotheosis, also completed by the eighth place of Guillaume Bianchi, who remained at the foot of the podium only for the 15-13 defeat in the derby against Marini. And tomorrow the foilers’ World Cup round in Bulgaria will end with the team test, in which the blue quartet will be composed of Alessio Foconi, Daniele Garozzo, Tommaso Marini and Guillaume Bianchi. In short, the first, second, third and eighth of today …

Cipressa is there

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Apart from the Azzurri hat-trick, Erica Cipressa’s splendid third place arrives in the women’s foil world championship test in Tauber, Germany. A great result for the athlete from Mogliano, bearer of the Fiamme Oro, even with the regret for the semi-final lost 15-13 against the French Anita Blaze after an exciting comeback only close to. La Cipressa had conquered the certainty of the podium by beating the Canadian Guo 15-13. Important news also from Arianna Errigo who two weeks after Belgrade consolidates itself among the “top 8”: this time, the Lombard Carabinieri missed only one jab to enter the medal area, due to the 15-14 with which she won it in the quarter-finals the American Lee Kiefer, then winner of the test. The German stage of the World Cup for foil players in Tauber will then close tomorrow, when the team event will also be staged in which Italy will field Alice Volpi, Arianna Errigo, Erica Cipressa and Martina Favaretto. And also tomorrow in Cairo will be the highlight of the men’s and women’s sword Grand Prix.