Fifth «gold» for Italy

Fifth «gold»  for Italy
18 July 2009
BULGARIAPlovdiv
The final of the Men's foil team competition became a decoration of the fifth day of the of the European Fencing Championship. Italian Andrea Baldini, a European Champion in individual tournament, went on the track in the last duel of the final with Russian team at the score 35:40, and managed to make it even, and in an extra time delivered a victorious touché – 44:43.

Thus, the Italian team has won the fifth “gold” medal of the European Championship and has guaranteed to itself the first place in Total the day before the end of the tournament. Russian foilists took the second place, Germany - the third.

In Women’s epee team competition Romania was able to protect the title won a year ago in Kiev (Ukraine). In the final meeting the Romanian epeeists defeated Poland – 36:34. "Bronze" passed to the Switzerland fencers.


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