Italy remains short of medals at the end of the first day of the European Junior Judo Championships 2022, scheduled on the mats of the UNYP Arena in Prague (in the Czech Republic). However, the blue selection performed well above all for women, bringing home three placings close to the podium and reaching the Final Block with the Advanced sisters.
The youngest, Asia (born in 2003), she became the protagonist of an important journey in the 48 kg by entering the semifinals with two convincing victories and then defeated with the Turkish Merve Azak (winner of the tournament) and in the final for the bronze with the French Lea Beres.
Even longer path by Carlotta (2002) in the 57 kg, which won three consecutive matches and then stopped in the semifinals in front of the Dutch Julie Beurskens (gold medal). In the play-off for the bronze, the twenty-year-old Roman was mocked at the Golden Score by the Austrian counter-technique Verena Hiden.
Judo, European Junior 2022: 17 Italians in the competition but several protagonists of the last World Cup are missing
In the same weight category he came in a good seventh place for Chiara Zuccaroable to regulate the Kosovan Debora Gjakova and the Romanian Vanessa Tolea before giving way with some regrets to the Czech Marie Polnicka (triple penalty at the Golden Score) and then to the Austrian Verena Hiden to recoveries.
Balance of a victory and a defeat for Giulia Giorgi (48 kg) and Alessia Tortorici (52 kg)both eliminated in the round of 16, while in the men’s field Manuel Parlati (60 kg) and Valerio Accogli (66 kg) they lost their debut fight and immediately got out of the race for medals.
Below is the summary of the podiums of the first day of the 2022 Junior European Championships in judo:
-48 kg F
1 Azov (Tour)
2 Ersin (Tour)
3 Cuq (From) e Beres (From)
-52 kg F
1 Salonen (Fin)
2 Defeat (Fra)
3 Castello Diaz (Esp) and De Carvalho (Fra)
-57 kg F
1 Scholarship (Ned)
2 Garcia Martin (Esp)
3 Hiden (Aut) to Star (Tur)
-60 kg M
1 Ignasak (Pol)
2 Bayramov (Aze)
3 Viskov (Ukr) and Wolczak (Isr)
-66 kg M
1 Muhammad Demirel (Tour)
2 Kasradze (Geo)
3 Ibrahim Demirel (Tur) and Dzitac (Rou)
Photo: IJF
