They are phenomenal.
The French men's epee team, made up of Romain Cannone, Yannick Borel, Alex Fava and Alexandre Bardenet, was crowned world champion, as in 2019, by beating Italy 45 to 42 in the final of the Worlds-2022, this Friday in Cairo.
𝐂 𝐇 𝐀 𝐌 𝐏 𝐈 𝐎 𝐍 𝐒 𝐃 𝐔 🌍
The team of @RCannoneOff, @YannickBorel, Alex Fava and Alexandre Bardenet take their revenge on Italy and win the world title, congratulations to the Blues and @ffescrime 🇫🇷!
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– Eurosport France (@Eurosport_FR) July 22, 2022
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France achieved the double in the men's epee events with the team title on Friday and the individual title on Tuesday for Romain Cannone, crowned Olympic champion in the specialty a year ago in Tokyo.
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