
First Great joy for Spain in it Early fencing which is being held in the Italian city of Genoa. Carlos Llavador won the Bronze Medal in Male Floret Upon reaching the semifinal and falling against the Italian Guillaume Bianchi. The Madrid is the First Spanish throughout history with two absolute European medals In the individual modality: add this last medal to the bronze that he obtained in the European of Montreux (Switzerland) of 2015ten years ago.
In the third and last day of individual competitionsafter not adding metal or female saberte and saber nor in saber and male sword, It was the turn of the female sword and the male flock. The female category ended soon For the Spanish: Sofia Cisneros and Dana Raposo They won their first round fighting, but fell into the second, and Inés García Rodríguez reached the sixteenth -finalRound in which it was eliminada por la rusa aizanat murtazaeva (World Bronze in 2023 and fourth in Tokyo Games) 15-6.
He Male Florete It had four representatives. Ignacio Breteau and Mario Díaz Escalona They fell in the first round, and Juan Zabalain the second. Spanish hopes of play metal fell entirely on Carlos Llavador's backwho, at 33, is more than accustomed to pressure. And it did not fail. He left Greek Nikolaos Kontochristopoulos, the Polish Jan Jurckiewicz and Belgian Stef of Greef. In the quarterfinals, The Russian Vladislav Mylnikov, his rival, hurt an ankle Before getting the first point and could no longer pay to the highest level, so llavador surpassed him with a comfortable 15-6 In record time.
As Two bronzes are awarded, that victory guaranteed the medal For the Madrid, The number 13 for Spain in the history of Europeans (nine individual and four by teams). In the semifinal, he had to face the Italian Guillaume Bianchi. He started with confidence, with 2-0 output. Bianchi, who played at home, grew over the minutes and traced up to 3-7. Llavador demonstrated gallons to tie the fight at 9 and turn it around, getting 13-10. The combat ended with uncertainty, with controversy and with the need to check the final point in the video. With 14-14, The referees checked who had played the opponent first, and decided that it was the Italian And, therefore, that he passed to the final.
Despite the defeat, Llavador made history as the only Spanish with two individual medals in a wound European. The options of adding more metals for Spain do not end here. From this Tuesday, June 17, team events begin: The first categories to be played will be the female floe and male saber.