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Dershwitz what a comeback! he beat Aron Szilagyi by a score of 15-13 and he's going to face Bazadze in the gold medal match of the men's Sabre

you know, sometimes those red cards are the correct decision...but in this case I don't think it was. meanwhile to me the call on the last hit was perfect.

Sandro Bazadze is the first finalist of the men's Sabre he beat Ziad Elsissy by a score of 15-14 (after a quite controversial red card to the Egyptian when he was leading 13-12)

so, the first gold medal matchup vs of the championships is set how many of them are we going to see this week?

Marie-Florence Candassamy is Santuccio's opponent in the gold medal match. she defeated Sun Yiwen by a score of 14-10 in the second semifinal.

Alberta Santuccio makes it through to the gold medal match of the women's epee, winning the derby vs Mara Navarria by a score of 15-14

in the women's 100m (and 50m) breastroke, it almost never happens to swim the same time of the prelims and/or semis too much anxiety that affects the necessary smoothness you need to swim well in that style

and now...a message from your own beloved Olympic Fencing Champion 1976, aka IOC President Dr. Thomas Bach as intro for the first finals session! after last night's storm that devastated the city, now, what else can go wrong?

the problem is that he gave up 5 hits in a row in the middle of the match with mistakes he shouldn't have done it it's complicated when you always have to pursuit your opponent and let's say the truth...Elsissy is a good fencer, but he isn't Szilagyi nor Bazadze

Women's Epee, Semifinals Mara Navarria vs Alberta Santuccio Marie-Florence Candassamy vs Sun Yiwen Men's Sabre, Semifinals Sandro Bazadze vs Ziad Elsissy Eli Dershwitz vs Aron Szilagyi action starts in a few minutes (we're already 10 mins behind schedule...and there was no Foil )

Gallo is the biggest moron in our team!

vs and vs are the semis in the men's Sabre

yeah, I saw the last hits...but it's my preventive whining tactic here...

Gallo trying to waste the chance of his life...

Fiamingo is really an idiot! she was 8-5 ahead against a clearly suffering (injured ankle) Sun with less than a minute to play and wasted it all with a senseless tactical mangement finally, she lost in the extra-time it could have been an unprecedented triple medal for , meanwhile now we're gonna have only 2 (most likely silver and bronze) imho, Candassamy now is the clear favourite to win gold (hope to be good enough as an owl )

Ceccon

Men's Sabre, Round of 16 Sandro Bazadze vs Mitchell Saron Kento Yoshida vs Matyas Szabo Tamas Decsi vs Ziad Elsissy Michele Gallo vs Shaul Gordon Luigi Samele vs Eli Dershwitz Aaron Ho Sze Long vs Ha Han Sol Alì Pakdaman vs Szymon Hrychiuk Luca Curatoli vs Aron Szilagyi

Cerasuolo he was second with margin and totally missed the last stroke, which most likely will cost him more than a place in a world final

super-Simo!

yes, right now we already have: Doha 2024, Singapore 2025 and Budapest 2027

Men's Sabre, Round of 16 Sandro Bazadze vs Mitchell Saron X vs X Tamas Decsi vs Ziad Elsissy X vs X Luigi Samele vs Eli Dershwitz X vs X Alì Pakdaman vs Szymon Hrychiuk X vs X

Women's Epee, Round of 16 Vivian Kong Man Wai vs Kaylin Hsieh Sin Yan Mara Navarria vs Auriane Mallo Alexandra Ndolo vs Alexandra Louis Marie Alberta Santuccio vs Nathalie Moellhausen Marie-Florence Candassamy vs Coraline Vitalis Anne Cebula vs Anna Kun Rossella Fiamingo vs Nelli Differt Sun Yiwen vs Song Se Ra

well, they already have another one in 2027

I see another Paltrinieri move like in Tokyo (and in Budapest 1500m) coming...they should be ready to a fast start and then a good pursuit... lane 1 is kinda inspiring

Bolade Apithy and Kim Jun Ho the most prominent upsets in the 1st round of the men's sabre still no major surprise in the women's epee