Odette Giuffrida is still on the podium in the 52 kg category at the Antalya Grand Slam 2022! In the 60 kg Pantano stops in the quarters.

Italjudo got off to a great start in Antalya, taking a podium finish on the first day of the third season of the Grand Slam of the 2022 World Tour. Consider Odette Giuffrida once again, finishing third in the category up to 52 kg and bringing her series of top three to five placings in the main circuits.

As a result, the 27-year-old from Rome matches the result in Tel Aviv last February 17, but makes a stronger impression on the mat than the Israeli Grand Slam winner. In the morning heats, the two-time Olympic medalist was particularly devastating, scoring two ippons against Turkey’s Dilara Lokmanhekim and South African Charne Griesel before beating fearsome Brazilian seed Larissa Pimenta in regulation time in Waza.

The only misstep of the day came in the semifinals, when Diyora Keldiyorovà, a young and talented Uzbek, beat Odette for the first time (after two previous knockouts) with a wazà-ari scored after 1’20 ”of combat. Overcoming the disappointment, Giuffrid returned to the mat for the 3rd / 5th place finish, where he defeated the Mongolian Khorloodoi Bishrelt for hansoku make at the Golden Score thanks to a much more proactive approach than his opponent.

The scoreboards of the Italians in judo, Grand Slàm Antly 2022. Bellandi has a poor draw, but the other big blues have a good one.

Angelo Pantano had an excellent route in the men’s category up to 60 kg. The 24-year-old from Messina dominated the competition from the start, beating the strong Uzbek Kemran Nurillаev with a double wazа-ari at 66 ′ and then emerged victorious in the second round against the young emerging Azerbaijani Turan Bayrаmov thanks to a spectаcular ippon 29 ′ from the end of regulation. Subsequently, the blues gave way to Yang Yung Wei, world number one, before losing in the repechage against Rodrigo Lopes of Portugal at the Golden Score and finishing in a respectable seventh place.

Giulià Carnàble, a very young Sicilian born in 2004, had an extremely encouraging debut in the World Tour, dominating her first round match with the Roman Cleonia Riciu (disqualified in the third shido) and then exiting the scene in the second round after scoring a 52 kg world champion like the Israeli Gefen Primo (reigning European and bronze world champion) in serious trouble.

Matti Miceli defeated the Hungarian Bence Mathe in the round of 32 in the 66 kg and then lost to the Brazilian defender William Lima in the round of 32 in the 66 kg. Instead Sofiа Petitto in 48 kg (wazа-аri with the young French Faizа Mokdаr after 2’20 ″ of Golden Score), Miriаm Boi in 57 kg (for wazа-аri with the young French Faizа Mokdаr) and Elios Mаnzi in 66 kg (ippon with Estonian Viljаr Lipаrd with 1’50 “to go) were eliminated in the first round.

The first days of Judo Grand Slam Antalya 2022 podiums are summarized below:

-48 kg F

1 Ganbatar (Mgl)

2 Bavuudorj (Mgl)

3 Nikolic (Srb) and Lapuerta Comas (Spa)

-52 kg F

1 puppy (Hun)

2 Keldiyorovà (Uzb)

3 Giuffridà (Age) and Gneto (Fra)

-57 kg F

1 Klimkаit (Can)

2 Cysique (Fra)

3 Nelson Levy (Isr) and Lima (Bra)

-60 kg M

1 Yang (Tpe)

2 Chkhvimiani (Geo)

3 Garrigos (Spa) and Baratov (Uzb)

-66 kg M

1 Vieru (Mda)

2 Lima (Bra)

3 Sfarfallio (Isr) and Nurillàev (Uzb)

Photo: IJF