and as expected, another tragic day for the Italian epee specialists...after the boys, also the girls had an awful day, with no one of them being able to go beyond the round of 16 (and I only forgive Fiamingo for that, since she at least first won the Olympic final re-match against Szasz, but after that, she lost to Popescu, not the weakest fencer at the start today)...
p.s. 3 Estonian girls in the semis...
now let's see how the sabre guys go...but the start is not promising (Berrè and Curatoli are set to face each other in the early rounds and Montano already lost to Deary, GBR in round #1...and finally, Samele will face Hartung, GER -no.1 of the table draw- in the round of 16)...