Two gold medals and one silver at the Fencing World Championships, excellent results also for athletics, beach volleyball, archery and shooting.
Athletics
At the World Athletics Championships in Eugene (USA), in the triple jump final, the’Leading Seaman Emmanuel Ihemeje He wowed the public with a great performance. The newly enlisted member of the Air Force indeed achieved a great 17.17m (second-best career throw) on his last jump, securing fifth place just 14 centimetres off the bronze medal of China's Zhu Yaming. The gold medal went to the Olympic Champion, formerly Cuban and now naturalised Portuguese Pedro Pablo Pichardo, while the silver went to Burkina Faso's Fabrice Hugues Zango.
With this performance, the soldier, improving on his 11th place at the Olympic Games, has well and truly landed among the world's elite in the hop-step-jump.
Archery
The fourth leg of the Archery World Cup took place in Medellin (Colombia). 1° Chief Airman Mauro Nespoli he won the silver medal, obtained in the final against the world number one, the Korean Kim Woojin. Reaching the semi-finals earns qualification for the World Cup final in Tlaxcala (Mexico).
The Italian Field Archery Championships were held in Castellarano (RE), where the’Chief Airman Marco Morello won the Bronze medal.
Beach Volleyball
At the Agadir (Morocco) Beach Volley Pro Tour Challenge, the Chief Airman Marta Menegatti paired with the federal athlete Valentina Gottardi they won the bronze medal beating the Canadian women 2-0.’Chief Airman Adrian Carambula with the’Leading Aircraftman Enrico Rossi They finished in fifth place, bowing out in the quarter-finals to the Australians.
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Excellent results have come from Cairo (Egypt) where the World Fencing Championships were held. The 1st Chosen Aviator Francesca Palumbo She became World Champion in women's foil team.
Silver medal in the team épée for the’Aircraftman Federica Isola. A beautiful gold medal was also won in the men's foil thanks to Leading Aircraftman Alessio Furs and his teammates, who beat the United States in the final.
Clay pigeon shooting
A Todi, the’Open Green Cup of Italy where the’Leading Aircraftwoman Martina Bartolomei, For all the skeet shooting disciplines, she never finished off the podium. The athlete won the silver medal in both the individual and team events; furthermore, together with the police officer Gabriele Rossetti, She was the winner of the mixed team event.
