SIENA. On Wednesday 27th the Judo Kata World Championship took place in Lisbon which saw Yuri Ferretti competing with 200 athletes from 25 different nations, paired with the Florentine Andrea Giani Contini in the category of kime no kata (form of decision). , a predefined execution where the perfection of technical movement is sought.
The two Tuscans finished in seventh place, with 498.5 points, demonstrating once again their great technical qualities, which make them always stay in the top positions at European and world level for over two years, in fact, after the championship of world of Seoul 2019 in which they returned to the top 10, in July of this year they won the European championship in Warsaw.
By only two points they failed to overtake the Spanish pair to enter the final, so as to compete for the most precious metal.
This great result will certainly give the right energy and motivation to the Ferretti-Giani Contini couple who in just a month will play another important competition, the Italian Judo Kata Championship in Pordenone in the company of two other Sienese couples: Luca Cavecchia and Omar Pasquinuzzi in the kime no kata and Riccardo Pinto together with Samuel Picciafuochi in the Kodokan Goshin jutsu.,
