
The Olympian wins the women's épée stage in China after extra time in the final
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Alberta Santuccio suffered a right knee injury during her season debut in Casablanca less than a month ago.
Alberta Santuccio returns to compete and immediately wins the women's sword World Cup stage in Wuxi, China.
A victory sealed by 13-12 in the extra minute in the final against the Korean and reigning world champion Sera Song. The Olympian from Catania thus confirms herself as number 1 in the world among swordsmen, standing on the top step of the podium for the fifth time in her career.
The result takes on even more value if you consider the right knee injury suffered during the season debut in Casablanca less than a month ago, which the 32-year-old from the Fiamme Oro managed to put behind her in record time.
Santuccio's journey opened with a double success of 15-12, first over the Canadian Nicole Xuan and then over the Polish Alicja Klasik. In the round of 16 a 14-11 win over the Russian Tatiana Gudkova, then in the quarterfinals a clear 13-7 win over the French Marie Florence Candassamy. In the semi-final, against the Hungarian Eszter Muhari, in a very balanced, point-to-point match, Santuccio came to play everything in the extra minute, where she placed the last and decisive jab of 9-8, which was worth the final, also decided by the last jab.

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