Manon Brunet-Apithy in bronze at the Athens World Cup
Manon Brunet-Apithy has put the forward gear back. Exiting prematurely from the World Cup in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) last month, with a disappointing and unusual 34th place, the 27-year-old saber made up for it this Saturday by bringing back the bronze medal from the World Cup in Athens ( Greece). The former world number 1, now sixth, climbs to her second podium of the season after her silver medal in front of his public at the Grand Prix d’Orléans in December.
After notably dismissing her compatriot Margaux Rifkiss in the quarter-finals (15-10), the member of the Bauer Academy of Orleans fell to the gates of the final against the Hungarian Sugar Katinka Battai (9-15), winner of the test in front of the Ukrainian Olga Kharlan (15-14), for her first success in the World Cup at 19 years old.
French swordsmen had less success at the Padua Grand Prix (Italy). Friday in individual and this Saturday by teams, the Blues did not manage to climb on the podium.
