WOMEN’S TEAM EPEE REPORT
France claimed the Women’s Team Epee gold medal on day five of the European Championships.
Ranked fourth, France lined up with Maria-Florence Candassamy, Auriane Mallo, Lauren Rembi and Corline Vitalis. They beat Great Britain 44-23 and Hungary 45-37 to make the semi-finals. They then faced Ukraine who had beaten top seeds Poland to make the gold medal match and eased through 45-36.
In the other half of the draw, third seeds Italy – Rosella Fiamingo, Fedrica Isola, Mara Navarria and Alberta Santuccio dominated against Switzerland in their semi-final, making the final with a 45-32 victory.
Losing semi-finalists, Urkaine (Inna Brovko, Vlada Kharkova, Yana Shamyakina and Yuliya Svystil) and Switzerland (Pauline Brunner Angeline Favre, Naomi Moeschlin and Laura Staehli) faced each other in the bronze medal play-off. Ukraine prevailed after an incredibly tight match 45-42 to make the podium.
France edged the first third of the final 9-7 against Italy and pulled away in the middle of the match to lead 22-14. Fireworks ensued in the final leg as Fiamingo came on for Italy against Mallo trailing 34-16. Fiamingo went on an amazing run, scoring fourteen hits but it was not enough as France won 43-30 on time.
The event continues with team events for Men’s Epee and Women’s Sabre on the final of the Championships. The full schedule is available here.
