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from the MUNICIPALITY OF BARDONECCHIA
BARDONECCHIA – Six hundred athletes divided into three working groups from all over Italy and from eleven other nations, participated from 26 to 29 December at the 25th Christmas Judo Camp Bardonecchia, stage with logistic base at the Olympic Village and training gym in the renovated Palazzetto dello Sport, specially equipped for the occasion with a 900 sq m tatami.
Sports event with positive effects on tourism organized in full compliance with the Covid-19 anti-pandemic regulations and its three variants by Crs Akiyama in Settimo Torinese, with the patronage of the Piedmont Region-Regional Council, the Civic Administration, the Bardonecchia Tourist Consortium and of the CR Piemonte Italian Federation of Judo, Fight, Karate and Martial Arts (Fijlkam), chaired by Roberto Borgis from Bardonecchia.
On Tuesday 28 December Vittorio Montabone, vice-mayor of Bardonecchia brought the greetings of the Civic Administration, expressing appreciation to the organizers for the tenacity of organizing this event for the 25th year. The president of CR Piemonte prof. Fabrizio Marchetti thanked the athletes and technicians for their willingness to continue training even in this particular moment. Maria Grazia Perucci, councilor of Fijlkam judo sector, stressed that the organization of these events, following all the safety checks, is what it takes to continue hoping to be able to start working normally again.
On the mat for three days, the interns compared each other in turn on the various techniques of judo, a highly formative sport, demonstrated by a qualified group of masters, former athletes, several times winners of European and World Championships and Olympic medals, starting with the Giorgians. Varlam Liparteliani and Avtandili Tchrikishvili, current number one in the world and Fabio Basile, in his kimono edged with the name embroidered in gold, exclusive to the winners of an Olympic gold medal who also confronted and challenged anyone regardless of weight.
“Having overcome the considerable difficulties caused by the pandemic and by the rules adopted to contain its spread, which forced us to a year off – says Roberto Borgis, main architect of this event, imported into the Conca when he was the first citizen of Bardonecchia – we returned to to ensure that the mountains have met sport in an admirable way and not just winter sports. Among the six hundred interns there were also some promising young athletes from the Susa Valley, already in good evidence at a regional and national level ”.
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