→ Ai World Junior Championships from Judo a Olbia bronzoper medalLuigi Centracchio in the 73 kg category, 5th place for Veronica Toniolo in the 57 kg category. (TW: @FijlkamOfficial – FB: @Fijlkam)
After Tokyo, the Centracchio bronze is also in fashion at the U21 World Cup in Olbia
Second day of the Junior Judo World Championships in Geovillage ad Olbia and there are still cheers for Italy taking the podium with Luigi Centracchio, third in the 73 kg, but also for Veronica Toniolo, fifth in the 57 kg.
“The happiness is immense and not just for the bronze medal in this world championship – he said Maria Centracchio at the end of the final for the bronze of his brother Luigi-ma for the path he has made. I know how difficult it is to get to the bottom of complicated situations like these and I am very proud of this extraordinary result obtained by my brother ”.
Luigi Centracchio started the race with the victory over the American Dominic Rodriguez obtained in the golden score for three penalties after drawing a wazari behind. Another victory at the golden score with three penalties on the Kyrgyz Erzhan Kanatbekov, while with the Romanian Adrian Sulca, European champion in Luxembourg, the blue was forced to surrender. Third victory for Centracchio in the first recovery over the Brazilian Gabriel Falcao (Bra), then the victory for third place with the French Joan-Benjamin Gaba was determined by a disqualification that occurred when Luigi Centracchio was putting pressure on his opponent.
Fifth place in Veronica Toniolo’s 57 kg came at the end of a long and in some ways daring race, although the injury that affected her has matured in an anomalous and rare situation.
The Trieste player overtook the American Tasha Cancela with immobilization ippon, then the German Alexe Wagemaker scoring wazari after 2 seconds of golden score.
At this point the anomalous and rare fact meant that the referee did not notice that the time had expired and the golden score started and the wazari scored by Toniolo did not stop the match.
The German athlete in turn continued on an already relaxed opponent producing a dislocation in the radial head of her left elbow.
The shock and the injury did not help Veronica Toniolo with the Russian Natalia Elkina who won the victory after 4’14 ”of golden score.
A wazari to the Swiss Olivia Gertsch to access the final for the bronze medal that went to the Turkish Ozlem Yildiz for three penalties to the blue.
Seventh place in 73 kg for Vincenzo Pelligra who won with the Moldovan Ion Tonofrei, the Cypriot with Dato Matsoukatov before yielding to the Frenchman Joan-Benjamin Gaba for three penalties on the golden score. The recovery defeat with Slovenian Jus Mecilosek left Pelligra in seventh place.
Marco Battino also competing today, who in the 73 kg was eliminated by the Slovenian Urh Klopcic, Francesca Cara, defeated in the 57 kg by the Georgian Regina Utnelishvili; Carlotta Advanced, in the 57 kg, won with the Kenyan Teresiah Wairimu Mugure and lost with the Spanish Marta Garcia Martin. In the 63 kg Sara Lisciani was stopped by the Romanian Florentina Ivanescu, Antonietta Palumbo instead by the Dutch Kamile Nalbat.
Tomorrow in the race the categories 70 kg for women, 81 and 90 kg for men with the athletes Leonardo Piccolo (81), Riccardo Bertolini and Alessio Galasso (90), Cecilia Betemps, Martina Esposito (70), Bright Maddaloni Nosa (81), Matteo Virgilio (81), Davide Cossu (90).
2nd day rankings
57: 1. Kseniia Galitskaia (Russian), 2. Kerem Primo (Isr), 3. Ozlem Yildiz (Tur) e Faiza Mokdar (Fra), 5. Veronica Toniolo (Ita)
63: 1. Joanne Van Lieshout (Ned), 2. Laura Vazquez Fernandez (Esp), 3. Katarina Kristo (Cro) e Brigitta Varga (Hun)
73: 1. Adrian Sulca (Rou), 2. Umalt Demirel (Tur), 3. Luigi Centracchio (Ita) and Daniel Pochop (Cze), 7. Vincenzo Pelligra (Ita)
