Three gold medals, one silver and two bronze medals for Italy on the first day of the European Cup Junior a Lignano and the medal table recognizes the excellent blue test with the first place in front of Austria and Holland. Gold for Valerio Accogli (66), Luigi Centracchio (73) and Asya Tavano (+78), silver for Agnese Zucco (63) and bronze for Antonietta Palumbo (63) and Erica Simonetti (+78), medals that have been commented on in this way by junior head coaches Salvatore Ferro e Vito Zocco: “Azzurrini in evidence on the first day of competition and immediately at the top of the medal table thanks to the six medals won. In the men’s field, the trials of Accogli and Centracchio were noteworthy, reaching the top step of the podium, highlighting a great judo. In the women’s field, excellent tests in Tavano, Zucco, Simonetti and Palumbo confirm the medal won in Coimbra in the first stage of the circuit. Overall, there were many Italians who performed well expressing good judo ”.
“I am very happy to have replicated the gold won in Coimbra three weeks ago here in Lignano – was the comment of Valerio Welcome– and I thank the Carabinieri Sports Center that supports me every day to train at my best. I dedicate this medal to my mother who will be her birthday on Monday ”.
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“It was a long and tense day,” he said Luigi Centracchio– I am happy to have obtained the gold and this was possible thanks to the support of my teammates, the Fiamme Oro (in particular Enrico) and my family ”.
“We finally hit the target – he said instead Asian Ceiling– I changed a lot of jobs and I worked a lot in this last period to improve the gaps I had found in past races. However, I will have to continue training on these changes as early as Monday in the training camp here in Lignano. Today and tomorrow I want to enjoy this medal won at home “.
“I am happy to have obtained the medal today – she said Agnese Zucco– aware of being able to do better. I thank those who are supporting me on a daily basis in my path and my family who support me even if from home. Thanks”.
“It’s not the color I’m looking for – he commented Erica Simonetti– so I won’t stop there. There is still a lot of work to do and I will start immediately on Monday with the training camp ”.
“Today was not one of the best days, but I am aware that these experiences are also useful in my path. – concluded the comments Antonietta Palumbo– I am ready to sacrifice myself and work harder and eager to achieve my goals. I dedicate this medal to my little brother who is celebrating his birthday today, I thank my family who supports me every day and finally the coach Francesco Aiello, who followed me from meeting to meeting and was down payment even though I was not in good shape today “.
Sunday second day of competitions on the Bella Italia Village tatami mats with the women’s categories -48, -52, -57 kg and men’s -81, -90, -100, +100 kg categories.
Results first day (Here the scoreboards)
60: 1. Marcus Auer (Aut), 2. Emile Merdin (Bel), 3. Enzo Jean (Fra) and Benece Farkas (Hun)
66: 1. Valerio Accogli (Ita), 2. Driss Masson Jbilou (Fra), 3. Robbe Demets (Bel) and Balint Gombas (Hun)
73: 1. Luigi Centracchio (Ita), 2. Gergely Adorjani (Hun), 3. Issa Naschcho (Aut) and Zelemkhan Batchaev (Bel)
63: 1. Laura Kallinger (Aut), 2. Agnese Zucco (Ita), 3. Antonietta Palumbo (Ita) and Anna Kriza (Hun)
70: 1. Samira Bock (Ger), 2. Julie Zarybnicka (Cze), 3. Nika Koren (Slo) e Karla Kulic (Cro)
78: 1. Lieke Derks (Ned), 2. Ilana Bouvier (Fra), 3. Zanet Michailidou (Cyp) and Oceane Zatchi Bi (Fra)
+78: 1. Asya Tavano (Ita), 2. Carmen Dijkstra (Ned), 3. Erica Simonetti (Ita) and Nicki Norcic (Slo)
