Louis Marie Alexandra and Sandro Bazadze are the European Champions of women's epee and men's sabre

The second day of the European Championships in Plovdiv ended with the victory for the French with Alexandra Louis Marie  in the women's epee and the Georgian Sandro Bazadze in the men's sabre.

France achieves a gold and a bronze in the epee competition thanks to the new European champion, Alexandra Louis Marie, who after overcoming her compatriot Auriane Mallo-Breton  15-13 in the semifinal, won against Mara Navarria in the final. The Italian came to the last match after beating the Estonia's Nelli Differt, who overcame the number 1 of the 32 draw, teammate Irina Embrich, who stopped only ahead of Navarria in the semifinals. 

To complete the day was the most awaited victory, that of the number 1 in the world ranking of men’s sabre: Sandro Bazadze. The Georgian, after a World Cup season crowned with successes, also won the European title by putting the most prestigious medal around his neck. The victory was the result of a perfect competition: first beating the Turkish Yildrim Enver in the semifinals 15-7, and then winning against Szatmari Andras in the final 15-11. To climb on the third step of the podium was also the young French sabreur Patrice Sebastien.