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Those old big names are gone? So either they're training somewhere or their careers are over? I wonder what happened to them? They're still a force in judo, wrestling etc. They are missing Timur Safin from the 2021 squad, the rest is correct.

La Serbia ha perso oggi contro la Lituania, il che significa che quest'anno è debole. Deve vincere contro la Slovenia stasera per accedere ai quarti di finale.

But this is Russia A, or not? Their best people train somewhere and will return, for example, in women's sabre?

Our team epee from this generation miss only a World Championship gold to win the grand slam (Olympic gold, World Championship gold, European Championship gold). At the World Championships we recently had 2 silvers and 1 bronze. Let's hope it finally win this year. The last time we won a World Championship gold in women's team epee in 2009, but none of the current fencers remember that time. That team there are: Quondamcarlo, Cascioli, del Carretto and Moellhausen. This last name competed to Brazil for many years (since 2012 I think?).

After great comebacks, Italian foil in the final and women's épée with bronze. We will finish with 12 medals - the only question is whether there will be 2 or 3 gold. It will not change the place in the medal table - 2nd. A lot of medals but poor quality, the form of our fencers is also average. If it will be better at the World Championships, then there will be no problem. France is more complete than us today - I mean especially women's sabre, where they dominate and we sometimes win some bronze. A lot of work ahead of us if we want to get back to the top.

Very weak championships for us. Today, a defeat in the semi-finals in women's epee. In practically every weapon, we are in poor shape: the women's foil defended itself miraculously against average France. Today, the Olympic gold team in epee (3/4 fencers of that team) was crushed in the semi-finals by Ukraine in 1/2. I don't know what to think about it - I understand the post-Olympic year, but if you field the best team, then to win. It would be different if the youth competed here... We field the best and most experienced competitors in foil and epee, who are out of shape. It would have been better to field a few younger people so that they could learn. What is the point of 37-year-old Errggo or 35-year-old Fiamingo to compete only to lose in a compromising way in the first rounds individually and then win something in the team at the last moment?

Bellandi got 2 shido for nothing and the German attacked maybe once in 6 minutes of extra time... If the Italian woman were in her place, she would have had a 3rd penalty long time ago. We can't have it that we are constantly being wronged and the federation is doing nothing about it.

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In the fight with France in the medal table the key is gold in the women's foil today. It will be a fight for double the stakes. In sabre, defeating Hungary will be difficult.

Personally, I'm counting on 1 more medal - maybe only Bellandi has a real chance? If only this 1 gold remains, it will be unsatisfactory for me, similarly to Paris last year. We are entering a new 4-year period, but the names of our leaders are still the same: Scutto, Bellandi, Giuffrida, Lombardo etc. It would be good to have 1-2 new names.

Manuel Lombardo: 0-7 in final Block fights (final or bronze) at major events (Olympic Games, World Championships) You can write anything, but not that this guy has the mentality of a great champion

After 2 days of the European Championships at home: 0-1-2, and France - our only serious rival here - 3 gold. Personally, I don't care about the European Championships in the post-Olympic years, but with this form in foil women, we will a probably disaster at the World Championships.

Under Cerioni everything fell apart in the last Olympic year - before there were a lot of medals at the World and European Championships. Now it's much worse, but maybe it will be better at the Olympics? I'm only worried that apart from Favaretto we don't have anyone young at a high level, because people like Errigo, Volpi, or Batini have been in the team for 10-15 years. Sabre is a more serious problem - here we are counting less and less: in women's not at all, in men's individual the last medal was won for us by veteran Samele in 2024. The competition in the world is getting bigger and bigger, and we are left behind. France has shown that thanks to investments in domestic games it is possible to stay in the top. In our country, without a radical increase in money for fencing and for all the sport in general, there will be a very painful decline in results in the next few Olympic cycles.

Italy- Slovakia 1-0 but Baldanzi has a injures. Italy and Spain are in 1/4.

Batini is in 4, but the result of our entire squad is terrible. France did better than us today + Italy's 2 most dangerous rivals (looking at the ranking): Lacheravay and Pasztor are in 1/2. Our fencers let us down, apart from Batini.

I wonder how many more years Giani will play with these people after 30 in the French national team? Almost their entire starting lineup from 2024 was over 30 and Nghapeth is even 35. In 2028 he will be too old for me...

He will be come back?

Defeats with such fencers (Greece, UK, wtf) are a scandal and should never happen. After all, the level of these European Championships is so embarrassing that maybe only 1/2 of the players can match us. There will be a massacre at the World Championships if Favaretto does not return in good shape, and the USA will be the favorite any

It was bad at the end of Cerioni era, but now it's awful. Not only we losing for the USA, but even some exotic fencers in Europe are beating us. Without Favaretto our foil doesn't exist?

Volpi out, Cristino out (for UK). Only 1 athletes for Italy in top 8 It`s ok?

But, not for Greek... C`mon

Errigo loses to the Greek in 1/8... This is a disgrace. Where is the generational change?

Rychlicki has joined this year, but he is at a similar level to Romano. It`s also worrying that Bovolenta is not making progress and he has a potential for a big career. It doesn't look good for us today. France and Poland are out of reach - also mentally. Since 2022, we have made basically no progress, on the contrary - there is regression.

At the World Championships, to win a medal, we will have to beat Argentina and France. I don't believe in that, so the VNL is our only chance for some success this year and looking at the current form, it will be a problem to advance to the Final Round. It will probably end with another empty year and another year of regression for our team. As of today, we have no arguments to beat France and Poland and I don't see any chance in the future for this gap to decrease.