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In the euphoria of a successful Euro, French fencers are back on the slopes in Milan from Tuesday for the last Worlds before the Paris 2024 Games where Manon Apithy-Brunet, Ysaora Thibus, Enzo Lefort or even Romain Cannone will be scrutinized, in doubt.
Historically the most medal-winning sport for France, tricolor fencing has been shining like a brand new foil hull for a year. Best nation of the previous World Championships in Cairo, it confirmed its momentum in June at the European Championships, split between Plovdiv (Bulgaria) and Krakow (Poland), where only Italy, host of the upcoming Worlds, beat it. Sign of the challenge awaiting the Blues under the metallic veil covering the convention center in Milan.
With 12 medals collected (including 5 titles) in the continental championship, French fencers have achieved a harvest not seen since 1998, when team competitions were introduced there. Admittedly, the total absence of the Russians - banned - from the team events and the best of them in the individual competition opened up places on the podiums. None of those who received Individual Athlete Neutral (AIN) status even made it to the eighth stage. But weapons that have been in poor shape in recent years, such as the female sword or the male saber, are coming back to the fore and will also be the first to enter the scene on Tuesday.
While the blue sabers had not qualified by team for the Tokyo Olympics (like the French swordsmen), they won the first European title for French fencing in the event since 1999. Vice-world champion Maxime Pianfetti, born the same year, embodies this new wave of French saber, alongside Sébastien Patrice (2000), bronze medalist at the last European Championships. A youth cornered by veteran Bolade Apithy, who will turn 38 in August. In epee, Les Bleues, thanks to Alexandra Louis-Marie, signed an unprecedented double with the individual and team European titles. Promises to be confirmed on a planetary level, not far from La Scala.
Next on Wednesday are the stars: reigning foil world champion Ysaora Thibus and her epee counterpart Romain Cannone. The Tokyo Olympic champion, “Pano”, (his nickname in reference to Peter Pan), returned from imaginary country with no individual podium this season. “It was a year of adaptation, my opponents analyzed me much more. But it's like the Tour de France, we don't look at the first hundred kilometers but the last ten ”, image the interested party. At the European Championships last month, he did not reach the eighth, like the rest of the French, and by teams, the Blues placed fourth. But they can count on the return of Yannick Borel, injured in an ankle, to defend their collective title from Friday.
