Fencing - Military World Fencing Championships: Maccagno and Marzani win gold in Seville - - Varese News

Three Lombard athletes return from Seville with medals from the Military World Fencing Championships. They are Carola Maccagno and Roberta Marzani (gold in the women's épée team event) and Carlotta Ferrari (bronze in the women's foil team event).

The gold medal for the women's epees (Maccagno of the Italian Air Force, Marzani of the Army, both based at the Giardino in Milan) came at the end of a competition that saw the Italian quartet, completed by Alessandra Bozza and Nicol Foietta , defeat Switzerland 35-32 in the semifinal and Ukraine 40-37 in the final. For Maccagno, this satisfaction comes after a fourth-place finish in the individual event, which ended just shy of the podium.

Carlotta Ferrari (Aeronautica Militare and Comense Scherma) won the women's foil bronze medal , along with Camilla Mancini, Martina Sinigalia, and Elena Tangherlini. The Italian team, defeated 45-39 by Romania in the semifinals, defeated Spain 45-7 in the bronze medal match.