Judo, Giulio Muzzi silver medal in the European Cup“>Giulia Nocciolini does not pass the preliminaries
SIENA. On the tatami of Lignano Sabbiadoro the two coussinis Giulia Nocciolini and Giulio Muzzi went down in the under 18 European Cup.
The competition was difficult because there were several European nations and the level of the judokas was very high.
Giulia Nocciolini at 52 kg starts the race well by controlling the French opponent Bothy Sarah and making her take two penalties. Unfortunately, the Sienese gets the only shot in four minutes that the Frenchwoman does and unfortunately she loses the match. The judoka from Cus is not recovered and her European experience ends in the preliminary stages.
Giulio Muzzi passes the first meeting in the draws and finds the French Marteau Quentin, an excellent judoka accustomed to the European arenas in which he has excelled several times.
This time, however, the Sienese is determined, immediately takes control of the match and defeats the French for Ippon before time runs out. In the quarter-finals he meets the Italian Audisio, the two know each other well, Muzzi puts in two wazari with an excellent technique that earned him access to the semifinals; here he meets the Turin Algieri Samuele, who suffers the grips and the excellent judo of Giulio Muzzi, who in control makes his opponent take three penalties, who is disqualified, and the Sienese flies directly to the final.
In the final for the gold he meets the Italian athlete from Val Susa Tripepi Alberto, the Sienese tries to close the match on the ground twice, but the opponent manages to get out and in the middle of the match he slips an Ippon that allows him to put himself gold around the neck.
The judoka from Cus Siena had a great race, considering that we come from a difficult time with regard to the pandemic, with difficulties in moving and training with other judokas.
The silver in the European Cup is an excellent result, which arrives in Siena, in this competition after six years since Andrea Ferretti won bronze in the European Cup in Tampere in Finland in 2016.
In a week, 9 judokas under 18 will be involved in the qualifications of the Italian Cadet Championship 2022
