Eve day in view of Grand Prix Portogallo 2024the inaugural event of the new season of the Judo World Tour scheduled on the tatami of Odivelas until Sunday 28 January. This was carried out today draw ceremony of the scoreboards, which outlined the possible path of the Italian athletes present in Lusitania.
Of note are two defections compared to previous days among the ranks of the Italian delegation, with Matteo Piras (66 kg) and Daniele Accogli (100 kg) who will not take part in the event. There will therefore be a total of 17 of our standard bearers engaged at the gates of Lisbon with the aim of starting the competitive year well and collecting many points for the world and Olympic rankings.
Thrilling draw in the -60 kg for Andrea Carlinoon a collision course already in the second round with the Korean no.3 in the world Harim Lee, while Angelo Pantano he will have to outdo himself in turn to overcome the obstacle of the emerging Azerbaijani Bayramov on the way to the quarterfinals. Uphill road in the -66 kg also for the Rio 2016 Olympic champion Fabio Basilewho immediately draws the strong Russian Abuladze and possibly follows the highly rated Israeli Flicker.
Difficult but not impossible podium objective in the -73 kg category Vincenzo Pelligra and Alessandro Magnaniwhile in the -81 kg Antonio Esposito debuts with the Uzbek Boltaboev e Kenny Komi Price with the approachable Argentine Morales to then challenge the 2019 world champion Sagi Muki. In the -100 kg Gennaro Pirelli he dreams of a coup, but risks meeting the Brazilian Buzacarini in the round of 16 and, above all, the reigning Russian world champion Adamian in the quarterfinals. First two rounds accessible in heavyweight for Where are you?in view of a possible eighth with the Dutch Snippe.
In the women’s field, Italy fields several young second lines who need to gain experience in these contexts as Asia Avanzato and Giulia Ghiglione in -48 kg, Ilaria Finestrone in -52 kg, Carlotta Avanzato in -57 kg and Irene Caleo in -78 kg, all looking for a surprise exploit to climb the internal hierarchies and impress the national technical management. Greater expectations perhaps for Irene Pedrotti in the -70 kg, but with a tough second round on the horizon with the German Butkereit, while in the -63 kg Flavia Favorini (eventual eighth with no.8 in the British ranking Renshall) e Savita Russo (possible eighth with the Israeli Shemesh) are aiming high to continue dreaming of Olympic qualification.
Photo: IJF
2024-01-25 17:01:24
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