Good debut for the very young Emanuele Garofalo. After an edition to be framed, that of last November 2021, the Italian Judo Championship signed by Fisdir and its excellent athletes, protagonists on the prestigious tatami of the temple of Italian judo, returned on Sunday 24 April 2022 at the Pala Pellicone in Ostia (Rome). .
The competitions, included in the Italian Cup FIJLKAM (Italian Federation of Judo Fight Karate Martial Arts) involved 54 athletes with relational intellectual disabilities from all over Italy, including those of the teams of the Sicilian delegation Fisdir Asd SporT21 Sicily, Conca D ‘ Oro Ssd and Special Boys ASD, with the second place of the SporT21 Sicilia voluntary sports association, led by the technicians Giampiero Gliubizzi and Federica Orlando, already a veteran of the tricolor title in 2021, and of the Ssd Conca D’Oro led by the coach and regional technical referent of judo Fisdir Sicilia, Giosuè Giglio, and by the technicians Rosolino Giglio and Francesco Paolo Bondì, who conquered the third step of the podium.
Two Palermo clubs on the podium in Italy: a decidedly positive balance for the Sicilian Fisdir delegation of Paralympic judo which, once again, has placed its seal on a podium of national level and has demonstrated the high technical value of its athletes. “A beautiful vintage that of 2022, and we are not talking about wine, but about the noble sport of judo – said Giampiero Gliubizzi (SporT21 Sicily) – which collected great satisfaction at the XIII National Fisdir Judo Championship in Ostia reserved for athletes with disabilities intellectual-relational. About fifteen Sicilian agonist athletes who walked the mats of the Pala Pellicone – the master specified – were able to represent the spirit of loyalty and respect of the oriental discipline to the maximum and have brilliantly passed this hard test after the many difficulties related to the long pandemic. “.
“During the counterattack phase in combat – explained Giosuè Giglio – the athletes did a lot of work: both defense, using techniques that lead the athlete to counterattack on the opponent’s offensive, but also techniques of a different direction from the right to the left and vice versa, which is very beautiful to see and very complex to achieve for athletes with this type of disability. We received compliments from the national judo technical referent, Paola Baroncelli, for the ever increasing level, both numerical and qualitative, of the athletes involved in this discipline – concluded Giglio -, but also from our regional and provincial delegates Fisdir Sicilia, Roberta Cascio and Germano Bondì, and this was a source of pride for all of us ”.
The Ostia Championship was another important test bench for C21 athletes (Down Syndrome) in view of the great challenge of the SUDS World Judo Championship, scheduled from 29 August to 3 September next, which will see the Italian national team involved discipline led by the technicians Giosuè Giglio, Paola Baroncelli and Chiara Meucci. Good debut on the promotional side for the very young Conca D’Oro Ssd member, Emanuele Garofalo (9 years old), who secured the victory in his own category.
Asd SporT21 Sicilia lined up Francesco Gliubizzi (-60kg category), Gabriele Ippolito (-73kg), Andrea Muratore (-55kg), Paolo Pecoraro (-66kg), Bruna Pollino (-48kg), Salvatore Puglisi (-90kg). ), Vincenzo Sicola (-66kg) and Angelo Taibi (-66kg), while the Conca D’Oro Ssd fielded Gaspare Gabriele Alfeo (-66kg), Giuseppe Caccamo (-73kg), Gabriella Caravello (-52kg), Fausto Dolce ( -66kg) Emanuele Garofalo (-38kg), Martina Lainnusa (-63kg), Michele Mastrilli (-73kg), Davide Meli (-60kg), Romeo Placido (-73kg), Gabriele Zarbo (-55kg).
Finally, for the Special Boys, the European gold medal 2021 Davide Migliore (-60kg) was present, winning the gold medal and reconfirming himself as the Italian judo champion for the agonists category.
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