The bubble is the new normal. At least for the near future. Judo ace Giovanna Scoccimarro is living in this bubble for the second time in Doha. All the more important because Qatar is still classified by the Foreign Office as a risk area for Covid-19. And so the woman from Lessien, who already had three tests behind her before departure, traveled “not with a queasy feeling” during these times. A corona test was carried out immediately on site. “We are brought to the hotel separately as Team Germany, we are not mixed with the other nations.” She had to spend the time in her room until the negative test result was there. “So we are safe to that extent,” says the judo ace.
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After a day and a half, Scoccimarro was able to leave the room. “We were able to train quite well, luckily we also got some fresh air,” reports the Lessien woman, who was also in the hall yesterday. “We were able to watch the fights.” No other spectators are allowed at the Masters.
The Lusail Multipurpose Sports Arena is now familiar with Scoccimarro – but initially for a long time not their opponents in Pool D. “I’m doing it a little differently this year, I don’t look at my draw beforehand. I think that’s just better for me. ”Sounds like the 23-year-old wants to focus even more on herself and her strengths in advance. Yesterday she had not yet decided whether she would look the evening before or the morning of the fight to see who was waiting for her to kick off.
If she looks at the tableau, she will – placed at number 6 – discover a bye to kick off. Then it’s up to the winner of the duel between Barbara Matic (Croatia) and Alice Bellandi (Italy). The favorite in this pool is world number third Sanne van Dijke.
For Scoccimarro it is the second appearance at the Masters that actually marks the end and not the start of a sports year. It celebrated its premiere in Beijing (China) in December 2019, where the Lessien had to admit defeat to the Spanish Maria Bernabeu in the Golden Score. This time it should go on: “I’ll do my best!”
