Adam Marosi to lead charges at Budapest Indoors

Following on from his success at the Hungarian National Fencing Championships where he took gold in epee, World No. 3 Adam Marosi will be looking to get his season off to a flying start by winning the Budapest Indoors this weekend.

With home advantage and a partisan crowd set to give him great support, 29-year-old will be one of the outstanding favourites to claim victory in the men's competition.

His compatriots Robert Kasza and Peter Tibolya will most probably his main rivals for the title.

His will also have to be wary of the threat posed by Ukraine's Dmytro Kirpulansky, Italy's Riccardo De Lucca and Argentina's Emanuel Zapata.

In the women's, all eyes will be on European Champion and reigning Junior World Champion Zsofia Foldhazi who will have to contend with very strong field of athletes that includes the two Zapatas from Argentina, the rising star from Belarus Katsyarina Arol, Canada's Melanie McCann, Nordic Champion Eevi Bengs from Finland, and the Serapinaite twins from Lithuania.

It promises to be a wekeend to remember in the Hungarian capital.

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