UDINE. There are also the Friulians Michela Battiston and Mara Navarria among the 25 Azzurri players called up by the Italian coaches for the Absolute European Championships which will take place in Antalya, Turkey, from 17 to 22 June.
Saber coach Nicola Zanotti has chosen three of the four athletes who competed in the Tokyo Olympics last summer.
In addition to Michela Battiston from Torviscosa – back from two third places to the absolute Italians – the roommate of Michela in Foggia, Martina Criscio, Rossella Gregorio and Eloisa Passaro will also go up on the Turkish platforms.
The individual competition will take place on Saturday 19th June, while the team event is scheduled for Wednesday 22nd June.
Dario Chiadò, head of the sword, confirmed the quartet that won bronze in Tokyo last summer. Together with the experts Mara Navarria and Rossella Fiamingo, there will be the very young but already established Federica Isola (absolute new Italian champion) and the most brilliant athlete of the season, Alberta Santuccio.
The Carlinese Mara Navarria, after the injury that kept her in the pits at the beginning of the competitive season, is finding the best shape.
The individual test is scheduled for Saturday 18 June, the team one will be staged on Tuesday 21. The reserve home of the Italian team is Giulia Rizzi from Udine.
The Europeans return three years after the last time when, in Dusseldorf 2019, Italy won 10 medals, two of which gold signed by the foil players Alessio Foconi (it was a men’s double, with the second place of Daniele Garozzo) and Elisa Di Francisca (on the same podium third Alice Volpi), two silver and six bronze.
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