Italy’s race continues in Guatemala badminton towards qualification for Paris 2024: after the injury of Yasmine Hamzawho forced her to the operation and to say goodbye to the Olympicsthe hopes of seeing an Italian at the Games are pinned on Giovanni Toti and Fabio Caponio.
The two, in fact, are fighting a fierce battle in the men’s singles rankingswhere Giovanni Toti is virtually qualified (at the moment he would be the 30th of the 36 qualified singles players), but must defend himself from the attacks of compatriot Fabio Caponiocon the two fighting for the pass.
In the Olympic ranking, in fact, Giovanni Toti is 61st with 19,630 points, while Fabio Caponio is 63rd with 18,940and if it should bypassing his compatriot would also take away his Olympic pass: in Guatemala, but, Toti will gain something on his compatriotalso shoring up its place in the ranking.
Badminton, Yasmine Hamza requires surgery. Goodbye to Olympic qualification
Giovanni Toti, in fact, has qualified for the final of the 2023 Guatemala International Series after beating the Canadian Imran Wadia 21-11 21-13 in the penultimate act, and will now face the Guatemalan Kevin Cordon, who in the semi-final, however, he stopped Fabio Caponio’s run, defeated 21-18 21-12.
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2023-11-12 15:16:25
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