is probably better than in sabre, but Italian girls are stronger under pressure. We medaled in the 1st event of the OQR and after that we lost 44-45 against at Euros and 44-45 against at Worlds. This season we were paired four times in a row with in T8, so no option of making it to the final. The only time when we didn't face in T8 was the last event of the season, with the OQR already finished, and I think we took silver, but it was too late.
In epee there were 4 teams with similar level fighting for the European spot []. We made it to SFs in the first OQR World Cup, but after that we lost 32-37 against at Euros (expected, but we had our chances during the match) and 43-44 against at Worlds. Fortunately the other European teams didn't have great performances and we still had a chance, but during the summer our top guy Yulen Pereira broke his wrist and even after he came back, his level was not as good as it used to be.