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Qualifiers from France and Italy claim top honours at WEVZA event in Laigueglia

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Article Mon, Oct 10 2022

Teams from France and Italy claimed top honours from the WEVZA Zonal event held this past weekend in Laigueglia, Liguria. Olivier Barthelemy and Samuel Cattet emerged as the winners of the men’s competition – as Italy’s Martina Foresti and Sara Franzoni stood on top of the women’s podium at the event organised by POWERBEACH and Riviera Beach Volley.

Teams and organisers celebrate at the end of the WEVZA zonal event held in Laigueglia

The eventual gold medal winners reached the final stage of the tournament after starting their campaign from the qualification round. Barthelemy and Cattet capped their triumphal run with a 2-0 (21-19, 21-18) victory in the final match against top-seeded Italians Marco Viscovich and 2016 Olympian Alex Ranghieri. In what was their international debut, Martina Foresti and Sara Franzoni completed their winning run with a 2-0 (21-15, 21-11) victory in the final match that pitted them against their compatriots Erika Ditta and Eleonora Sestini.

The event organised by POWERBEACH and Riviera Beach Volley under the patronage of the Municipality of Laigueglia and the Liguria Region was the first international Beach Volleyball competition to ever take place in this area.

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