John Sirovich announces eight Sabre athletes for 2011 European Championships
The National Coach of Sabre fencers of Italian Fencing Federation, John Sirovich, announced the eight Sabre fencers, who are going to compete in the 2011 European Championships in Sheffield that are going to be taken place on July 13 on Wednesday.
The coach gave his comments about his selection, "We come to this appointment Continental after a season of World Cup players we saw. In both men and women have come in that very encouraging results. Unfortunately, these have also added the injuries and
physical problems that, on occasion, have affected their performance."
The Men’s Sabre Fencing Team consists of Aldo Montano, Diego Occhiuzzi, Gigi Tarantino and Giampiero Pastore, while Luigi Samele is reserved in case of any emergency. The Women’s Fencing Team consists of Irene Vecchi, Gioia Marzocca, Ilaria Bianco and Paola
Guarneri, while Irene Trans is reserved for any emergency, if any injury occurs there. Sirovich himself will be coaching his team, while Bob Landi Dino Better is decided as the master.
The coach said about his team that It was a nice selection and he was sending a unique team for European Championships. The coach said that our team was having the practice, persistence, passion for Sabre discipline than to the character and talent. Those
were the main qualities in a team that cannot stop any athlete to get successes. The coach said, “But the real value added of this group, both male and female, is the determination."
The Blue fencers had already shown their incredible performance in the 2010 edition of the European Championships. In 2010, Ilaria took home the bronze medal, while the Men's Team of Montano, Tarantino, and Occhiuzzi Samele captured the gold medal. The third
place was taken by the Women's Team of White, old, Marzocca and Lucchino.
The Women’s Sabre Individual competition will take place on Thursday, July 14. The Men’s Sabre Individual event will be conducted on Saturday, July 16. The Women’s Sabre Team segment will start from Sunday, July 17 and two days after, on Tuesday, July 19,
the Men’s Sabre Team event will be conducted.
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