They arrive two other medals in Oran for Italjudo (after the silver of Piras and Caggiano yesterday) on the second day of competition at the Mediterranean Games 2022even if we will have to wait for the last weight categories scheduled for tomorrow to try to unlock the gold box in the medal table of the single discipline.
The best blue result today was obtained by the twenty-one year old Kenny Bus Price in the -81 kg with a splendid silver, giving way in the final only to the very strong Turkish Vedat Albayrak (European gold 2021) for waza-ari after defeating the Portuguese Manuel Rodrigues, the Moroccan Achraf Moutii and in the semifinal the Spanish Alfonso Urquiza Solana with a fantastic ippon at the end of a Golden Score that lasted over 5 ‘.
First great satisfaction of the senior level career also for the young Neapolitan born in 2001 Martina Espositoable to put a bronze in the 70 kg around his neck despite the knockout in the quarterfinals with the fearsome Slovenian Anka Pogacnik thanks to two victories (his debut with the French Kaila Issoufi and the repechage with the Bosnian Aleksandra Samardzic) and the forfeit of the Croatian Lara Cvjetko before the final.
Judo, Mediterranean Games 2022: double silver medal for Italy with Matteo Piras and Giulia Caggiano
Double fifth place and placement at the foot of the podium instead for the other two Italian judokas engaged today on the Algerian tatami. Race well below expectations in the 73 kg for Manuel Lombardosensationally surprised in the first round by the Tunisian Aleddine Ben Chalbi and then defeated in the play-off for the bronze by the Kosovar defender Akil Gjakova (also due to a questionable refereeing) after having brilliantly passed the repechage board.
Only one victory (without considering the repechage for the forfeit of his opponent) in the 63 kg for Nicolle D’Isantowho still played a possible bronze medal to the end, but lost to ippon with local darling Amina Belkadi.
Photo: IJF
