Romain Cannone is gaining momentum during these World Championships organized in Milan. After the first two fights where he appeared somewhat hesitant, the world title holder in the epee raised his voice in the round of 16 to defeat the Russian, competing under a neutral banner, Vadim Anokhin (15-13). Even if he had a little difficulty to conclude, leaving his opponent to come back from 14-11 to 14-13, the last word went to the Frenchman. For a place in the last four, the Tokyo Olympic champion will now have to get rid of the Finn Niko Vuorinen.
For his part, Yannick Borel was overtaken by his lack of competition and therefore of benchmarks. After an absence of five months, the 2018 world champion failed at the same stage of the round of 16 against Kazakh Ruslan Kurbanov. A reverse on the shortest of the margins (14-15), on a last double touch favorable to his opponent. Nevertheless, the Guadeloupean can be delighted with this return to the fore when his preparation had been minimal for these Worlds in Lombardy.
