Who Will Defend the Blue in Judo at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?

They are official the names of the top 6 athletes who will defend the blue colors in the discipline of judo at the next Olympic Games in Paris 2024. The National Federationin making the first six names official, wanted to remember that there are deadlines that will be respected in view of the complete definition of the Italian national team judo.

Judo, the events before the Olympic Games

The Olympic qualification period will end on June 23rd, while on June 25th, with the publication of the world rankings, the IJF will confirm in writing to the National Olympic Committees of the places obtained. The final confirmations will be available in the first days of July, as by 2 July the NOCs will confirm the use of the assigned places, while on July 3 the IJF will reassign any unused places.

The technical choice

However, regardless of the deadlines and the results that can still be achieved between now and June 23, the national technical direction has already made the first detailed choices for the Italian Judo national team Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

In order to allow the best preparation for the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, considering the results achieved, the qualification path carried out up to now and the most recent update of the World Olympic List, the National Technical Directorate has named a first roster of athletes who will make up the Paris 2024 Olympic Team.

The following athletes, according to the national federation, are in fact within the quota of directly qualified people, to the point that the qualification process can be declared completed. Below are the names of those invited:

-48 kg: Scutto Assunta

-52 kg: Giuffrida Odette

-57 kg: Toniolo Veronica

-78 kg: Bellandi Alice

-73 kg: Lombardo Manuel

-90 kg: Spoken Christian

The nomination of these athletes in the Italian national team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games therefore results definitive.

The preparation

In order to best prepare for the Olympic event, a individualized path designed to guarantee the optimal approach to the five-circle races. Participation in some competitions to improve your Olympic ranking cannot be ruled out. Participation in competitions World Judo Tour for other athletes is obviously not precluded, in particular to those who were directly qualified behind the nominated athletes.

Judo at the Paris Olympic Games, Assunta Scutto is also there

Among the most important names in judo at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games for Italy there is undoubtedly that of Assunta Scutto, silver in Rio 2016 and bronze in Tokyo in the last Olympic event. Recently, the Neapolitan athlete achieved victory in Baku (Azerbaijan), where, on the first day, she achieved two successes respectively against the Slovenian Marusa Stangar and the Israeli Shira Rishony. Having conquered Pool A and with the ticket to the final block in her pocket, the number one in the world ranking continued her positive streak, beating first the Spanish Laura Martinez Abelenda and then the hostess Leyla Aliyeva.

Scutto’s great season

Assunta Scutto is having a great season and this is why she can be counted among the favorites in view of a possible Olympic medal. For the bell it is the second triumph of the season after the one obtained last June at Grand Slam in Astanto. On that occasion she also stood out Odette Giuffrida, who placed third in the -52 kg category. The road to a possible medal in judo at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games for Italy is therefore very open: to date, what speaks for itself are undoubtedly the great results obtained by our national team, always capable of distinguishing itself at the highest level.

2024-02-13 13:34:51
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