Individual gold and team gold for young athletes of the Italian Air Force

(To air Force)
18/12/17

In Burgos, at the Under 20 women's sword world cup stage, the Air Force athletes distinguished themselves by winning an individual gold and a team gold.

In the individual competition, the chosen airman Federica Isola climbed to the top step. The swordsman won in the final against the Israeli Dar Hecht 15-12, after beating the Hungarian Kinga Nagy 15-10 in the semifinals and the Romanian Alexandra Predescu 15-11 in the quarterfinals.

The Italian team formed by the Aviere Scelto Federica Isola, the Aviere Scelto Alessandra Bozza, the Aviere Scelto Beatrice Cagnin and Eleonora De Marchi also won the team competition.

The Azzurri, after debuting against Turkey for 43-21, defeated Switzerland for 45-25 in the quarterfinals. The semi-final against Hungary was very hard fought and won for 45-41. Finally, the final final saw Italians prevail with the clear score of 45-29 on the US team.