Fencing World Cup, Avola called to Cairo

Foil Men Season 2023-24 In photo: AVOLA Giorgio Photo: BIZZI Augusto

A few days after the World Cup stage in Italy, suitcases ready for the fifth race of the 2023/2024 season, in Cairo, Egypt.

In Turin in the Cup race classified as a Grand Prix, therefore with increased points, Giorgio Avola’s performance was good, 23rd in the final ranking out of 248 participating athletes. After a preliminary round where he won all the attacks with an excellent difference, he entered directly into the main draw at 64. In the first live round he faced the difficult Pole Wojtkowiak, overcoming him 15/9. In the next round he found the Czech Choupenitch on the course, having already faced favorably several times recently, but this time he surprised the Modican with a burning start and no longer gave Avola the opportunity to regain the reins of the match. Choupenitch, on an evidently positive day, then closed the race, which did not see any Italian among the eight finalists, in 2nd place behind the Olympic Champion Cheung Ka Long.

As mentioned, the opportunity for redemption for the Italian foil players is coming soon, in fact the qualifications for the African stage of the World Cup start from Thursday in Cairo, a race which will see both the men’s and women’s foil in the individual and team events. Giorgio Avola, among the eight called up by coach Cerioni, will have to defend the seventh place obtained last year in the shadow of the Pyramids. Alongside the usual competitive activities, Conad Scherma Modica is experiencing an important historical moment, as the redevelopment works of Palamoak were delivered last Monday. So after over 20 years of activity, Scherma Modica moves from the Palascherma, albeit temporarily, hosting its activities a few hundred meters away at the “PalaRizza” sports hall also in Modica Alta.

2024-02-19 12:55:48
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