In 2020 Aleksandra Zamachowska from Poland was crowned queen of the Sword World Cup in Havana, Cuba.
Her final opponent was Romania's Ana Maria Popescu, who was stunned by the beating she received. Popescu had a strong track record and many had her as the favourite in this battle.
There is a lot of pressure at such an event...
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I've been meaning to share some fencing photos for a long time, but I'm an expert procrastinator.
There are many of them and not all of them turned out well, because the place where these events are held, as I have already said, has very poor lighting.
Photographing this sport is very complicated because of the speed with which the actions take place.
Suddenly everything is ‘more or less’ calm.
Until...
We don't have the camera ready for this. Lol.
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Ukraine could not beat the French power!
But notice, here the rivals say goodbye with kindness, sporting spirit, don't they?
And a few seconds later... I was expecting this. And I won't deny that I loved capturing this moment.
But let me tell you. It was Italy who won the Team Cup that year.
And the left-handed epee player Rossella Fiamingo was who delivered the final lunge before Italian joy took over the venue of the event, the Havana Sports City.
Wait... I didn't know that the girl has a degree in pianoforte and nutrition studies at the University of Catania. That's what Wikipedia says.
The additional photos then will be those in which she appears. Hahaha... Cheers! This is my entry in the #Monomad Challenge.
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I edited the post to include the whole sequence of this emotional moment too. ��♀
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