Excellent news arrives for Italy at the opening of the fourth day of the 2024 World Judo Championshipscurrently taking place at the Mubadala Arena in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). Alice Bellandi qualified for the final in the -78 kg categorytherefore giving the Italian movement the third medal of this world championship after the gold of Odette Giuffrida and the silver of Assunta Scutto.
In the afternoon (Final Block from 4pm) the judoka from Brescia in the final act he will face his bête noire, Anna-Maria Wagner (previous 4-1 in favor of the German), with the title up for grabs. Bellandi has already reached the podium at the last World Championships in Doha, winning bronze, but at senior level she is still looking for her first gold in a major event between the Olympic Games and world or continental events.
In any case, the 25-year-old Italian, regardless of the outcome of the Final, thanks to today’s result will go to the Paris Olympics as number 1 in the world ranking and therefore as number 1 in the seeding. Admitted directly to the round of 32 thanks to a bye in the first round, our standard bearer got rid of the Ecuadorian Vanessa Chala in 1’56” with a splendid ippon in O Soto Gari and then defeated the difficult Portuguese Patricia Sampaio in the round of 16 with a waza -ari to the Golden Score.
Subsequently the reigning European vice champion she beat the French expert Audrey Tcheumeo in the quarterfinals for the sum of penalties (third shido for passivity 56″ from the end) after having nevertheless scored a waza-ari, while in the semi-final he collected the sixth consecutive success (after losing the first direct clash in Antalya in 2022) against ‘other French Madeleine Malonga, prevailing after 2’41” of ippon combat with a magnificent O Soto Gari.
2024-05-22 12:04:36
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