Good performance for Gabriele Sulli and Carola Paissoni in Grand Slam a Paris which, on the first day of competitions, awarded the medals of the lightest categories. “Positive experience for Gabriele Sulli in the 73 kg category – said the coach Salvatore Ferro– who at his first Grand Slam passed the first two rounds well to then surrender only with the number one in the world in the category, the Georgian Lasha Shavdatuashvili, who swept the category. The other Italian athlete in the competition, Carola Paissoni in the 63 kg category easily passed the first round and got off to a good start also in the second match, but she was deconcentrated by a break due to medical intervention and was defeated by the strong Brazilian Ketleyn Quadros ”.
Indeed, Gabriele Sulli got rid of the Cypriot Panagiotis Shakos with double wazari and the American Dominic Rodriguez by ippon and, despite the defeat (3 shido to 2 at the golden score) he managed to put the Georgian leader of the world rankings in crisis Lasha Shavdatuashvili .
“I thank the Fiamme Gialle, my family and my girlfriend – he said Gabriel Sulli– who always support me and Salvatore Ferro who followed me. As always, I came here to win, but unfortunately, taking into account the few opportunities I’ve had, I’ve sinned by being inexperienced with a champion of that calibre. I’m sure this can be a good starting point for the future”. 
The 63 kg competition of Carola Paissoni also began with the success by three shido on the Kazakh Esmigul Kuyulova, who then stopped in front of the Brazilian Ketleyn Quadros.
“Happy to have taken part in this top-level race after a long time – he commented instead Carola Paissoni– I feel I can give more and I will work for it”.
Lorenzo Parodi will compete tomorrow in the 81 kg class and will face Valentin Houinato (Benin) in the first round.
First day results
60: 1. Balabay Aghayev (Aze), 2. Cedric Revol (Fra), 3. Kamoliddin Bakhtiyorov (Uzb) and Harim Lee (Kor)
48: 1. Blandine Point (Fr), 2. Milica Nikolic (Srb), 3. Mireia Lapuerta Comas (Esp) and Abiba Abuzhakynova (Kaz)
66: 1. Bogdan Iadov (Ukr), 2. Erkhembayar Battogtokh (Mgl), 3. Denis Vieru (Mda) and An Jaehong (Kor)
52: 1. Distria Krasniqi (Kos), 2. Reka Pupp (Hun), 3. Gefen Primo (Isr) and Amandine Buchard (Fra)
73: 1. Lasha Shavdatuashvili (Geo), 2. Daniel Cargnin (Bra), Daniyar Shamshayev (Kaz) and Uranbayar Odgerel (Mgl).
57: 1. Priscilla Gneto (Fra), 2. Jessica Klimkait (Can), 3. Daria Bilodid (Ukr) e Haruka Funakubo (Japan)
63: 1. Gili Sharir (Isr), 2. Nami Nabekura (Jpn), 3. Angelika Szymanska (Pol) e Maylin Del Toro Carvajal (Cub)
