She won the title of regional champion by qualifying for Ostia Lido (Rome) for the final of Italian championships which will take place at the end of the month, in the cadet category, weight 57 kg. AND Ilaria Ierardi, brown belt, class 2004 of the Judo Calabro Brugellis, Student of the Crotone Judo Master Aldo Brugellis. There is not only a lot of determination in wanting to face a good race, but also a lot of work, which lasted months, at the city waterfront, training in the open air with his companions and under the aegis of the one who brought this sport, in Calabria, in unsuspecting times.
«The work will now be more difficult as we are talking about a national commitment – the athlete told us Ilaria Ierardi – but I’m ready for anything“. In the afternoons spent on the seafront, under the summer sun, we start with physical preparation, then with the jud and his techniques, and the fights with his teammates: “Ilaria is a simple girl who tries to pursue her dream. My love for this sport was born for fun; my mother enrolled my brother and professor Brugellis asked me to try, and love for this discipline was born. And if I don’t train today I feel lost».
Meanwhile, on 9 and 10 October, at the PalaKr, in fact, all Calabrian Judo will come to Crotone for an update, which bears the name of Milone Trophy, together with the national team coach Nicola Morace, and the Olympian Francesco Faraldo «We will go to Rome to be present, to say that we are also from Crotone – said the professor Brugellis – the girl was involved in the regional phase by supporting two meetings, with a girl from Reggio and one from Cosenza, and was ranked first. Now we have twenty days left, hoping to recover something good to go with some hope ».
Danilo Ruberto
