First day of matches at the <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2024/05/austrian-judo-squad-heads-to-world-championships-in-abu-dhabi-with-high-hopes/” title=”Austrian judo squad heads to World Championships in Abu Dhabi with high hopes”>Mubadala Arena in Abu Dhabi, venue of the eighth seasonal Grand Slam of the 2024 Judo World Toura full five months after the previous meeting in Astana (10-12 May). We are talking about the second event on the calendar in the new four-year Olympic period towards Los Angeles 2028, after the Zagreb Grand Prix which took place in mid-September.
The echoes of post-Paris 2024 can still be heard and at home in Italyin this specific case, space was given to young/second lines. This is how today’s performance should be read Biagio D’Angelo in the -60 kg and of Luca Caggiano in the -66 kg men, fresh from the podiums of the European Open in Prague. D’Angelo was defeated in the first match by the Russian Gamzat Zairbekov for three shido, paying off one’s liabilities.
Same story, same sea for Caggiano, defeated on his debut by the Kazakh Adilbek Berikuly for a shime waza on the chin, which brings the curtain down on the experience of the local judoka. A day-1 in which a total of five categories were involved. From this point of view it can be stated that the Russia has led the way in terms of statements.
The victories have arrived Iznaur Saaev in -60 kg men, of Sabina Gilazova in the women’s -48 kg and Murad Chopanov in the men’s -66 kg. To complete the picture, the Saudi in the women’s -52 kg Bishrelt surprised the Mongolian Lkhagvasuren in the final act, while in the -57 kg women the German Seija Ballahaus he made his skills count in the comparison with the Russian Irina Zueva. Tomorrow it will be the turn of the other three Italian athletes competing: Leonardo Valeriani nei -73 kg, Vincenzo Pelligra in the -81 kg and Carlotta Advanced nei -63 kg.