Italy won the bronze medal in the
women's team foil fencing event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on
Thursday, thrashing the USA 45-23.
The team said the bronze was not a consolation prize after they
failed to make the gold-medal bout, losing 45-43 to France in
the semi-final after surrendering a significant lead.
"The big challenge today was accepting that we weren't in the
final," said Alice Volpi, who was on the podium along with Erica
Cipressa, Arianna Errigo and Martina Batini.
"People always expect gold from us," added Batini.
"But this bronze is not to be taken for granted".
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