Italy’s Judo Team Closes World Championships with Bronze Medal in Mixed-Teams Event

L’Italia closes the Judo World Championships in Abu Dhabi with a bronze medal in the race mixed-teams. After concluding the expedition with fifth place in the general individual medal table and first place in the individual women’s medal table, the Italian team completes the work with a podium, applying to be the protagonist in the Paris Olympics.

The path of Italy

The Italian mixed-team began its world championship journey againstWhenthe country that Kim Polling he left by recently acquiring an Italian passport. And it was she who was decisive, bursting into tears after her victory over Hilde Jager.

Too strong however Francebut the blue pride imposes the point of the flag with a brilliant one Thaunany Capanni that forces Priscilla Gneto to shido-3. We go to recoveries and theHungary is overwhelmed by the blue wave with Simonetti that wazari square of de ashi barai in Czerlau, Pirelli wins the shido match with Krisztian Toth (3 to 2) and Capanni does the same with Reka Pupp (3 to 2), therefore Manuel Parlati I impose myself on Bence Pongracz with due respect, a blessing and a curse.

The finale with Uzbekistan

The final for the medal, with theUzbekistanit’s far from simple, but Capanni starts very well and places two wazari on Keldiyorova, followed by Giovanni Esposito who finds the winning o uchi gari (wazari) amidst the sparks of the challenge with Ahadov. It’s up to Pedrotti with Matnyazova. The Uzbek does uchi mata, but the care system recognizes diving: hansokumake. And we’re up 3-0. Lorenzo Rigano faces Sharofiddin Boltaboev and this time it is the Italian who is disqualified: 3 to 1. It’s not over. Asya Tavano and Rinata Ilmatova get on the tatami and the Friulian puts the extra gear needed for the occasion and takes the lead with an o soto gari-wazari, but she is not satisfied and continues to grind. We get to an action on the ground and from the tangle of bodies comes out a clapping hand, it’s Ilmatova who surrenders to Asya Tavano’s waki gatame and Italy can celebrate the bronze.

Di Toma: “The future is ours”

“Well done – the voice of explodes with joy Laura Di Toma, technical director of the Italian national team – they were all very good. The girls in particular put into practice the great work they did, but this third place as a team is exceptional, with the young people who were ready and will be even more so in the next four years. I give a special round of applause to Kim. It was very difficult for her, we all understood it, but on her tatami she was great. And Mungai, the captain, was also very good, always knowing how to speak at the right time and in the right way, keeping the team at the top.”

“What an Italy, my goodness – he said Francesco Bruyere, women’s head coach –. Winning a team medal is something incredible, sharing the victory is much nicer than celebrating it alone. Today these guys gave us an immense emotion and for this we can only thank them. We knew we could win with anyone, but facing a team race after an individual world championship is complicated, there are those who have won and are relaxing, there are those who have lost and are demoralized and there are those who are bruised. However, these guys reacted in an extraordinary way and made themselves available to fight to the best of their ability. In all of this, the fresh reinforcements arriving from Italy were fundamental. Special mention for Kim, who agreed to fight against her national team of origin. This is the medal that comes at the conclusion of a historic world championship and it is the medal of all of Italy, a medal that comes from the base, in the societies, to reach the top of the world”.

2024-05-24 16:45:03
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