WUXI (ITALPRESS) – Italy of the female sword has written the story: gold, silver and bronze in the Wuxi World Cup. It never happened. Three Italian swords on the three steps of the podium of an iridescent circuit, a historical triumph that bears names and surnames of the three Olympics of the specialty: Giulia Rizzi, second place for Alberta Santuccio, third Rossella Fiamingo along with Junyao Tang, color holder of China, the only flag “different” from the Tricolore in the medal ceremony of a crazy day for the blue screen.
This is how “The Throne of Swords”, and it seems more a sign of fate than a case the fact that this unprecedented statement of the group led CT Dario Chiadò arrives today: the three Olympic champions of the Summer Games of Paris 2024 (the fourth of the team, Mara Navarria, left the activity last June) place a historic tris of medals just on the day in which the Winter Olympics begin. In the series: the inebriating scent of the Five Circles, in the Italian edition of the Games (even in snow and ice), exalted the sword queens of the Grand Palais.
Gold for Giulia Rizzi. His journey began with successes on Chinese Zhang (15-14) and on the colour holder of Singapore, Abdul Rahman (15-10), and then continued with the victory over Hungarian Kardos (15-10), before beating for 15-12, in the quarters, French Louis Marie, thus conquering the certainty of his eleventh career podium in the World Cup. For the Golden Flame Friulana a “Italian Championship in China”, in the last two assaults against the friends and compañeras of National: the semifinal won on Rossella Fiamingo (15-6) and the final that saw her beat 15-9 Alberta Santuccio consecrated Giulia Rizzi for the fifth time winner of a stage of the iridate circuit (the second in this season, after the triumph of the debut in Vancouver).
The silver trail of Alberta Santuccio is also wonderful. The Catalan Golden Flames beat Chinese Li (13-10) and Korean Yang (15-13), before winning the blue derby of the eighth against Sara Kowalczyk (15-13). The certainty of the tenth World Cup medal for her came with success in the quarters on the Swiss Flora Hatz (15-8). The great race of Alby continued by beating in the semifinals, for 15-8, the Chinese Junyao Tang, a success that materialized the historic Italian triplet. The stop in the final with Giulia Rizzi has sanctioned for Alberta Santuccio the second step of the podium, confirming the result of a month ago in the GP of Fujairah.
Bronze Brilla Rossella Fiamingo. The march of the Carabinieri Catania took a double 15-11, with which he first eliminated Korean Lee and then Hungarian Buki. In the eighth Ross beat 15-14 Ukrainian Maksymenko. The pass for the “top 4” was mortgaged in the fourth final that saw Fiamingo surpass for 15-12 French Aliya Kuty. The semifinal defeat in the derby against Giulia Rizzi (15-6) decreed Rossella’s third place, which in Wuxi can celebrate his eleventh career podium in the World Cup circuit.
The great test of the whole group Italy, in Wuxi, is witnessed by the presence of three other blue swords, in addition to the medals between the “top 16”: after excellent performance, in fact they have closed 10^ Sara Maria Kowalczyk, 13^ Roberta Marzani and 14^ Federica Isola, all close to the best in the competition, while they ranked – respectively – at the 19th and 29th place Lucrezia Paulis and Alessandra Bozza.
A historical day, enclosed in the words of technical commissioner Dario Chiadò, who led the blue in this triumph flanked by the masters Daniele Pantoni (personal technician of Alberta Santuccio and Rossella Fiamingo) and Roberto Cirillo (who trains Giulia Rizzi), with the support of physician Eugenio Angona and physiotherapist Francesco Aragona.
“An unforgettable race, which makes me and all the staff proud of the work that is going on – the words of the CT of the blue female sword –. I am very happy for this great result, but also for the overall performance: eight athletes in the best 32 and six in the top 16, even with some regret for the places that could be even more exalting, express an excellent health state of the whole group. The Olympics proved to be extraordinary champions, but the team overall gave a really important proof of competitiveness.”.
So, from Turin, where the Grand Prix of floret “Trofeo Inalpi” is underway, the Federal President Luigi Mazzone: “The girls wrote a story page, exciting us in a morning that we will not forget. We are proud of our swords, to them and to all the staff we are pleased to have realized something that will remain in the annals of the Italian shield”. The Women’s World Sword Cup stage in Wuxi will end tomorrow with team test: the Italian team will be in pedana with the quartet composed by Alberta Santuccio, Rossella Fiamingo, Giulia Rizzi and Federica Isola.
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