Odette Giuffrida took the bronze medal in the 52 kg in Antalyaon the first day of the Grand Slam which brought 525 athletes from 63 nations to Turkey.
After the bronze placed around his neck last February in Tel Aviv, Odette has climbed once again, and is the tenth, on the podium of a Grand Slam.
Odette Giuffrida started her race overtaking the Turkish Dilara Lokmanhekim, then the South African Charne Griesel and the Brazilian Larissa Pimenta (Bra). Stopped in the semifinals by Uzbek Diyora Keldiyorova, who is next to the blue in the world ranking, in the final for the third place she won the golden score on the Mongolian Khorloodoi Bishrelt.
Odette’s satisfaction at the end of the final was contained but evident.
Seventh place in the 60 kg per Angelo Pantano who won at the opening of the race on the Uzbek Kemran Nurillaev, then on the Azerbaijani Turan Bayramov, to then stop in the quarterfinals in front of Yung Wei Yang (Tpe), then winner of the category and, in the recovery, with the Portuguese Rodrigo Costa Lopes .
The other blues in the race on the first day were Sofia Petitto who, in the 48 kg, was overtaken by the German Katharina Menz, an excellent Giulia Carna who in the 52 kg overtook the Romanian Cleonia Riciu and then gave in with the Israeli Gefen First, number 6 in the ranking. In the 57 kg Miriam Boi was stopped by the French Faiza Mokdar, while in the 66 kg Elios Manzi was defeated by the Estonian Viljar Lipard and Mattia Miceli, after passing the Hungarian Bence Mathe stopped in front of the Brazilian William Lima.
“First day of the GS of Antalya –is the comment of the head coach Raffaele Parlati– the start of the women’s team that deprives Francesco Bruyere to whom the most heartfelt condolences from all the blue team go for the loss of his father, has shown that we are working well in view of the European Championships, excellent Odette’s race that he won a bronze that is certainly tight. I would also like to underline the excellent debut in the senior class of the very young Carnà, a debut that suggests a rosy future for her. The men’s team also gave us important information to work on, starting from 60 kg where Angelo Pantano showed more and more awareness of his own means, closing the race with an excellent seventh place. The feeling is that when he is fully convinced of his own means he will be able to reach important milestones as well as the two blues in the 66 kg, both Manzi and Miceli were the protagonists of an unlucky match, but I am convinced of the potential of both “.
Today Irene Pedrotti will face Hilde Jager (Ned) in the 70 kg, while in the 73 kg Manuel Lombardo will see Shakhram Akhadov with the Uzbek and, in the 81 kg Antonio Esposito will face Jan Svoboda (Cze) and Giacomo Gamba will meet with Tim Gramkow (Ger). (fijlkam.it (photo @ fijlkam)
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