The dagger team of Gergo Zimis, Daniel Dussa, Andor Mihaly and Gergely Toth finished seventh in the World Cup competition in Tokyo.
| Gergo Szemis (Photo: National Sports) |
To be among the top eight – this has been the motto of the local discipline for months, and what’s more, years, our male fencers are doing their best to make the big dream come true.
what is it?
Of course, the Olympic quota. The team consisting of Gergo Szymes, Daniel Dusa, Andor Mihaly and Gergely Toth proved at the World Cup in Tokyo that this dream is not so far-fetched: the quartet took one step forward by reaching eighth place in the competition, the point being that if it is at the end of the qualification, Italy and France are in the places The first four in the world rankings, and our country has not been surpassed by any other European country (and that’s where we are now), so …
Well, decades later, the Hungarian men’s dagger team could be right there in Paris.
At the WC competition in Tokyo, our team had a great rival, the Poles, to reach the quarter-finals, and Gergo Szemys made it through the hurdle – thus the boys accomplished their biggest task.
In the quarter-finals, the Italian national team proved to be a great challenge, then a stronger opponent came, which is Hong Kong, but our national team did not even struggle for seventh place, because the Egyptian national team withdrew due to injury.
Fencing World Cup, Tokyo
break. men. a team. Round of 16: Hungary – Poland 45:43 (Szemes +4, Tóth G. +1, Dósa -3). Quarter-finals: Italy – Hungary 45:26 (Szemes -2, Tóth G. -6, Dósa -11). 5-8. for place: HK-Hungary 45:38 (Dósa +5, Mihályi -3, Tóth G. -4, Szemes -5). Seventh place: Hungary-Egypt – Egypt withdrew due to injury. finals: USA and Japan 45:31. The final result: 1. United States, 2. Japan, 3. Italy, … Hungary (Dániel Dósa, Andor Mihályi, Gergő Szemes, Gergely Tóth)
