Facing the Italian Davide Di Veroli (23 years old, FIE 18), who defeated Japanese world No.1 Koki Kani, the Virtonnais continued his momentum and won 15-9. He then knocked Siklosi down to take the title. More than 240 competitors competed in Doha, including 16 of the top 20 swordsmen in the world rankings.
Neisser Loyola is writing a good page in its record, which contained a silver medal in the Grand Prix, already in Doha in 2023, and another silver medal in the World Cup, in Tbilisi (Georgia) last year. He also won bronze at the world championships in Cairo (Egypt) in 2022. At the Paris Olympic Games, Siklosi, then ranked world No. 1, had already been unable to resist the assaults of Loyola, whose course was was completed in the quarter-finals.
