Filed a positive but full of regrets World Cup, Italjudo is projected immediately to a new fundamental appointment as the Grand Slam Abu Dhabi 2022the fourth last seasonal event of the World Tour. The event, scheduled from 21 to 23 October, is giving away heavy points for qualifying for the year-end Master (reserved for the first 36 of the WRL in each category) and above all for the Olympic Games of Paris 2024.
“This Grand Slam is very difficult as 66 nations are entered for a total of 440 athletes. Some of our top athletes will not participate for various reasons. We keep Lombardo at rest after the knee injury suffered in the second round of the World Cup with Sterpu, he should return to Baku. Parlati fought a lot and collected important points in Tashkent and you don’t want to overload him. With Bellandi we had already decided before the World Cup that he would skip this Grand Slam and will return to Baku. The team is very competitive and we expect positive results”, Declares the blue coach Raffaele Toniolo to the federal site.
“We have planned in time this period of close competitions that will end with the Grand Slam in Baku, implementing a turnover of athletes based on individual needs. The team that competed in the world championship, even without Lombardo, Parlati and Bellandi, is in an excellent state of physical and mental shape and can aspire to great results. Worth mentioning is the inclusion of three young junior athletes, Giulia Carnà, Agnese Zucco and Asya Tavano. As always, we are confident of our boys”, They add Francesco Bruyere and Raffaele Parlati, head coaches of the female and male team.
Judo, the updated world rankings after the 2022 world championship. Scutto, Lombardo and Parlati enter the top 10
A total of 24 Italian judokas will be involved in Abu Dhabi, 11 of which are men and 13 women, with the aim of confirming the level of a rapidly growing team. Below is thecomplete list of Italian athletes called up for the Abu Dhabi 2022 judo Grand Slam, scheduled from 21 to 23 October:
OFFICIAL CALLED ITALY GRAND SLAM ABU DHABI JUDO 2022
FEMALE:
Assunta Scutto (48 kg), Francesca Milani (48), Odette Giuffrida (52), Giulia Carnà (52), Veronica Toniolo (57), Giulia Caggiano (57), Agnese Zucco (63), Nicolle D’Isanto (63) , Martina Esposito (70), Irene Pedrotti (70), Linda Politi (78), Giorgia Stangherlin (78), Asya Tavano (+78).
MALE:
Angelo Pantano (60 kg), Andrea Carlino (60), Matteo Piras (66), Elios Manzi (66), Giovanni Esposito (73), Antonio Esposito (81), Giacomo Gamba (81), Nicholas Mungai (90), Lorenzo Rigano (90), Gennaro Pirelli (100), Lorenzo Agro Sylvain (+100).
Photo: IJF
