PARIS : Giulia Rizzi was taught the "French school" of fencing and she reaped the rewards of her stay on the other side of the Alps when she led Italy to the Olympic title in the women's epee team event at the Paris Games on Tuesday.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Fencing - Women's Epee Team Gold Medal Match - Grand Palais, Paris, France - July 30, 2024. Alberta Santuccio of Italy in action with Marie-Florence Candassamy of France during their gold medal bout. REUTERS/Peter CziborraPARIS : Giulia Rizzi was taught the"French school" of fencing and she reaped the rewards of her stay on the other side of the Alps when she led Italy to the Olympic title in the women's epee team event at the Paris Games on Tuesday.
Rizzi, however, used both styles of fencing - the Italian being more precise, while the French play with distance.In 2020, she joined Benoit Janvier's training academy in Saint-Gratien on the outskirts of the capital, and it led to a change in her style. "I'm very emotional, the crowd were against us but there were Italian colours in the stands as well," she said.
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