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I'm more optimist (and demanding) Lombardo and Bellandi are the main favourites in their respective class in Paris, especially Lombardo not coming home with Gold would be an extreme disappointment (even if Lavrentiev is a fierce opponent) then, Parlati is surely a medal candidate among the men, but I also think that Pirelli and Piras can make the podium, too, if they get a good draw among the women, Scutto, Giuffrida, Polling and Tavano are all medal candidates, someone more than some others however, I expect at least 6 medals with 2 golds in Paris

among the seniors, the women's Gold Medal match is between and among the men, instead, and face each other Gold Medal didn't take part in any of Today's competitions (and I really don't like this attitude of not considering at all some events )

men's Junior Team Trap (Trio ESC Challenge) Gold: Czechia (Petr Dornicak, Ondrej Stastny & Jaromir Hanak) Silver: Croatia (Toni Gudelj, Mateo Zrinski & Janos Karakas) Bronze: Slovakia (Michal Petrovic, Marco Mohyla & Daniel Hruska) Full Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=19709

women's Junior Team Trap (Trio ESC Challenge) Gold: Czechia (Martina Matejkova, Zina Hrdlickova & Tereza Zaviskova) Silver: Germany (Romy Gramowski, Lea Marion F.M. Blank & Josephine Schwenzfeier) Bronze: NOT Awarded Full Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=19708

actually, I don't know what Favorini does in that team there are a lot of girls that deserve to be in the National Team before her

tbh, I think by 2028 the 2 girls to follow in the -57kg class will be Capanni Dias and Carnà (if she goes up in that class, I don't think she will be capable of making the -52kg for a long stretch, even if I hope she's the next Giuffrida in that weight category) Russo unfortunately has a very bad draw, if she can pass the 1st round (and it's already a big if), then she has to face a Japanese player in the round of #32 I don't think she gets enough points to be taken into consideration for the Continental spots Piras has a lot of skills, he should be must confident in himself...sometimes it looks that he doesn't believe he can win a match watched all of fights today and he's been great, especially in rd #1 vs Abuladze (he was also very lucky with the video refs calls against the Tajik man in the rd of #16, tbh) I really hope he can grab this bronze medal, it would be a huge boost for him before Paris

disappointing outing for Toniolo... OK, she had to fight vs a Japanese girl, but she wasn't Funakubo...and still she couldn't do literally anything against her I still think also Capanni Dias should have got a chance here, instead of Favorini in the -63kg class

no, I only know he's going to fight in the team event, but not in the individual one

2024 Formula Kite World Championships ( Hyères) men's event Gold: Maximilian Maeder Silver: Riccardo Pianosi Bronze: Valentin Bontus Full Results & Ranking https://www.formulakite.org/2024worlds

2024 Formula Kite World Championships ( Hyères) women's event Gold: Lauriane Nolot Silver: Eleanor Aldridge Bronze: Jessie Kampman Full Results & Ranking https://www.formulakite.org/2024worlds

women's -52kg Gold: Odette Giuffrida Silver: Diyora Keldiyorova Bronze: Mascha Ballhaus & Amandine Buchard Full Draw https://www.ijf.org/competition/2787/draw?id_weight=9

women's -48kg Gold: Baasankhuu Bavuudorj Silver: Assunta Scutto Bronze: Abiba Abuzhakynova & Tara Babulfath Full Draw https://www.ijf.org/competition/2787/draw?id_weight=8

men's -60kg Gold: Giorgi Sardalashvili Silver: Yang Yung Wei Bronze: Taiki Nakamura & Lee Ha Rim Full Draw https://www.ijf.org/competition/2787/draw?id_weight=1

what a day! Odette and Assunta

mixed Team Trap Gold: Italy 1 (Silvana Stanco & Mauro De Filippis) Silver: Italy 3 (Maria Lucia Palmitessa & Giovanni Pellielo) Bronze: San Marino 1 (Alessandra Perilli & Gian Marco Berti) Full Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=19703

mixed Junior Team Trap Gold: Italy 1 (Giorgia Lenticchia & Matteo Dambrosi) Silver: Czechia 2 (Martina Matejkova & Ondrej Stastny) Bronze: Great Britain 1 (Leah Southall & Thomas William Betts) Full Results https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/csevent.ashx?cseventid=19702

as the good old Trapattoni used to say "non dire gatto, se non ce l'hai nel sacco" I mean, wait until the destiny is fulfilled...bad luck is always behind the corner

so, basically Favaretto saved our ass in what has to be archived as a shameful weekend (with just a couple of sun rays, Di Veroli back on the podium and the women's epee team)

men’s Team Sabre ( Madrid) Gold: United States Silver: Egypt Bronze: Hungary Semifinals USA b. Hungary 45-42 Egypt b. France 45-40 Bronze Medal Match Hungary b. France 45-38 Gold Medal Match USA b. Egypt 45-37 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/853?tab=results

men’s Team Epee ( Saint Maur) Gold: Japan Silver: France Bronze: Kazakhstan Semifinals Japan b. Israel 45-33 France b. Kazakhstan 45-36 Bronze Medal Match Kazakhstan b. Israel 45-29 Gold Medal Match Japan b. France 44-43 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/753?tab=results

Women’s Team Epee ( Fujairah) Gold: South Korea Silver: Italy Bronze: Switzerland Semifinals Italy b. Canada 36-29 South Korea b. Switzerland 45-31 Bronze Medal Match Switzerland b. Canada 45-39 Gold Medal Match South Korea b. Italy 34-33 Full Ranking & Results https://fie.org/competitions/2024/762?tab=results

and I have to tell you...at some point, were tied with in the 9th assault of the semifinal match tbh, however, Today there have been a lot of surprising results, with some top teams taking an off day

meanwhile, in the other tournaments... men's Team Epee in Saint Maur semis: vs and vs lost to in the round of #16 women's Team Epee in Fujairah Gold Medal match: vs Bronze Medal match: vs men's Team Sabre in Madrid Gold Medal match: vs Bronze Medal match: vs

men's Individual Foil Grand Prix ( Shanghai) Gold: Cheung Ka Long Silver: Gerek Meinhardt Bronze: Kazuki Iimura & Mohamed Hamza Semifinals Cheung b. Hamza 15-11 Meinhardt b. Iimura 15-8 Final Cheung b. Meinhardt 15-7 Full Ranking & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/9DD6D02E2C354C0DAF7F2327AE116CEF

women's Individual Foil Grand Prix ( Shanghai) Gold: Martina Favaretto Silver: Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk Bronze: Lee Kiefer & Pauline Ranvier Semifinals Favaretto b. Ranvier 15-9 Walczyk-Klimaszyk b. Kiefer 15-12 Final Favaretto b. Walczyk-Klimaszyk 15-9 Full Ranking & Results https://www.fencingtimelive.com/events/results/403E73FED03244A1ADFD16789A4CBA5D