Fencing, World Cup, Marini bronze in Acapulco

The bronze medal arrives for Tommaso Marini in the individual round of the men’s foil World Cup in Acapulco, the first stage valid for the Olympic qualifications in Paris 2024. The journey of the 23-year-old Marini from the Marches, Fiamme Oro, saw him clearly beat 15-6 the Polish Rajski in the 64-man draw, while in the 32-man round he overtook the Chinese Chen 15-10. Then it was the turn of the American Chamley-Watson with a score of 15-8. Another American on Tommaso’s road in the match with which he secured the medal. In fact, in the quarterfinals he beat Nick Itkin 15-14 after a very balanced match. Marini was stopped in the semifinal by the Egyptian Mohamed Hamza (15-8) who later won the race (in front of Ka Long Cheung, Hong Kong standard bearer).

Third podium

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A great performance for the Ancona-born who climbs the podium for the third time in this World Cup season after the victory in Tokyo and the silver in Cairo. The race of Alessio Foconi and Daniele Garozzo stopped one step away from the top 8. The Air Force athlete, winner of the Busan Grand Prix in March, from number 3 in the ranking overtook the Hong Kong athlete Ng 15-12 in the 64-point draw. Foconi, who trains at Club Scherma Terni, he then won against the Japanese Saito with a comfortable 15-8 finish. In the round of 16 then the stop suffered by the Chinese Xu with the score of 15-11. Stop in the 16-point draw also for Daniele Garozzo. The Rio 2016 Olympic gold medalist beat the American Chen 15-14 in the round of 64 and then got the better of the Japanese Suzumura in the 32-round with a score of 15-13. He was then stopped in the round of 16 by the American Meinhardt in the last jab with the final 15-14. So the other Italians: 18. Filippo Macchi, 26. Guillaume Bianchi, 32. Giorgio Avola, 38. Edoardo Luperi, 46. Davide Filippi, 64. Tomorrow the third and final day of competition for the men’s foil World Cup in Acapulco with the team competition, the key stage for the Olympic Qualification. Italy will take to the stage with the quartet formed by Alessio Foconi, Daniele Garozzo, Filippo Macchi and Tommaso Marini.