Lorenzo Parodi of Pro Recco Judo won the silver medal of 81 kg a Sarajevoon the second day ofEuropean Cup Senior which was attended by 237 athletes from 27 nations.
An almost perfect path that of the 22-year-old Genoese who made good use of his role as seeded by overcoming the Egyptian Abdelrahman Abdelghany for ippon of de ashi barai, then the Hungarian Szombor Kurtan and the Macedonian Nikola Gardasevic, thus reaching the final for the gold in which the Hungarian Benedek Toth won.
“After the Dubrovnik race, I admit that physical and mental fatigue led me to think that I could not prepare for this competition as much as possible and therefore I was tempted to give up. -he confessed Lorenzo Parodi– However, I am extremely happy to have chosen to do it anyway, because it gave me extra mental security. Of course I want to thank whoever allowed me to get here, so all the Pro Recco Judo, and of course my parents and my family who always support me. A big thank you I owe to my coach Massimo Mancioppi, who followed me throughout the competition”.
Only one step away from the medal came Cecilia Betemps, fifth in the 70 kg, Kenny Komi Bedel, fifth in the 81 kg and Davide Pozzi, fifth in the 100 kg.
