The Italy of foil is truly unstoppable among both women and men. In the Asian weekend, the Italian foil players put together a fantastic poker of gold. The latest triumph today of the men’s team in the World Cup stage in Takasaki, Japan which closed the races on the world circuit for the calendar year 2024. Filippo Macchi, Alessio Foconi, Giulio Lombardi and Guillaume Bianchi defeated the United States 45 to 36 in the final. This is the second success for the Azzurri after the one obtained two weeks ago in Tunis in the debut stage. Previously, Italy had overcome Ukraine in the round of 16 (45-33), South Korea in the quarterfinals (45-23) and France in the semifinals (45-27). In the individual race the day before, gold for Foconi and silver for Macchi. Mameli’s anthem also resounded twice in Busan (South Korea) for the Women’s Cup thanks to the triumphs of Elena Tangherlini (bronze for Anna Cristino) and the team made up of the two individual medalists but also of the captain Arianna Errigo and Martina Favaretto. «We archive a very satisfying weekend for the Italian foil, both at a male and female level, considering that we were able to win four golds, a silver and a bronze in four races – commented from Japan, the technical commissioner Stefano Cerioni -. I am very happy especially for the successes in the team trials with renewed formations which really give us hope for the future.”
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