The final stage of the men's national saber team's Olympic qualification ended with a smile. The quartet formed by Luigi Samele, Luca Curatoli, Pietro Torre and Michele Gallo, entered in the World Cup on the platforms of Budapest (Hungary), managed to secure a ticket for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.
The progression of the Azzurri in the team match, which began with a peremptory 45-33 against China, was interrupted already in the quarterfinals against the United States, who won with a score of 45-39. For the boys of coach Nicola Zanotti, however, the subsequent elimination of Germany in the semi-finals was decisive, beaten 45-39 by South Korea, which allowed the Italian team to consolidate its status as the best European nation behind the four best teams. in the world rankings.
In full Olympic cards therefore for tricolor fencing which, after having already qualified the women's foil, epee and saber teams in Paris (as happened in Tokyo 2020) managed to add five circles to its mosaic also the last missing piece.
