The Arena Sud de France in Montpellier will be the setting for the European Judo Championships, which will take place from 3 to 5 November. For the great continental event, which offers important points for the qualification ranking for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Italian team will be made up of seventeen athletes.
In the men’s field the following have been called up: Angelo Pantano and Andrea Carlino (-60 kg), Fabio Basile and Matteo Piras (-66 kg), Giovanni Esposito and Manuel Lombardo (-73 kg), Antonio Esposito (-81 kg) and Christian Parlati (-90 kg).
Among women, however, these were the calls: Assunta Scutto and Francesca Milani (-48 kg), Odette Giuffrida (-52 kg), Veronica Toniolo (-57 kg), Flavia Favorini and Savita Russo (-63 kg), Irene Pedrotti (-70 kg), Alice Bellandi ( -78 kg) and Asya Tavano (+78 kg).
An Italian team, however, that will have to take into account also of three important absences, like those of Elios Manzi, Gennaro Pirelli and Martina Esposito, who have to miss the European Championships due to injury. Great expectations for women where Assunta Scutto and Alice Bellandi occupy first place in the Olympic qualifying rankings in their categories and are fresh from victory, as is Odette Giuffrida (the spotlight is also on her) in the Grand Slam tournament in Abu Dhabi
The words of the head coach of the women’s team Francesco Bruyere: “He is a particular and atypical European. In theory it should have assigned the Olympic score at 50%, as it should have been held in the first half of 2023. In the end it was decided to change the regulations during the race and to assign the points at 100%, still inserting the event into the first qualifying period.” .
CALLED UP TO ITALY EUROPEAN JUDO 2023
MEN
Angelo Pantano (-60kg)
Andrea Carlino (-60 kg)
Fabio Basile (-66 kg)
Matteo Piras (-66 kg)
Giovanni Esposito (-73 kg)
Manuel Lombardo (-73 kg)
Antonio Esposito (-81 kg)
Christian Parlati (-90 kg)
DONNE
Assunta Scutto (-48 kg)
Francesca Milani (-48 kg)
Odette Giuffrida (-52 kg)
Veronica Toniolo (-57 kg)
Flavia Favorini (-63 kg)
Savita Russo (-63 kg)
Irene Pedrotti (-70 kg)
Alice Bellandi (-78 kg)
Asya Tavano (+78 kg)
EUROPEAN PROGRAM 2023 AND AZZURRI IN THE COMPETITION
FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER
-48 kg (Scutto and Milani)
-52 kg (Giuffrida)
-57 kg (Toniolo)
-60 kg (Pantano and Carlino)
-66 kg (with Basile and Piras)
SATURDAY 4 NOVEMBER
-63 kg (Favorini and Russo)
-70 kg (Pedrotti)
-73 kg (G. Esposito e Lombardo)
-81 kg (A. Esposito)
SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER
-78 kg (Bellandi)
+78 kg (Tavano)
-90 kg (Spoken)
PHOTO: IJF
2023-10-30 14:08:19
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