The Italian judo team at the Paris Olympics will be led by a Sicilian manager, Corrado Bongiornowho holds the role of vice-president within the regional committee of Fijlkam. A great recognition for the master originally from Furci Siculoin the province of Messina, of the Airon Judo 90 gym. So Bongiorno will be part of the staff of the Italian national martial arts team, specifically dealing with the athletes who will be part of the judo delegation, which includes two Sicilians in the individual, Savita Russo and Andrea Carlino.
Sicilian hopes
So the Games starting in Paris on July 26 will see two Sicilian athletes take to the Olympic tatami, who qualified thanks to their world ranking. Nineteen-year-old Savita Russo, from Scicli, will try to surprise everyone againafter winning the bronze medal at the European Championships in Zagreb in the 63 kilogram category in April. Her fellow countryman will be joining her Andrea Carlino, born in Messina in 1997, who got his pass to the Paris Olympics in extremis. They will also be joined by Lorenzo Rigano from Messina, who achieved qualification in the Mixed Teams. There they will therefore find Corrado Bongiorno, who in the past he trained among others the Sicilian judoka Elio Manziwhich in turn took part in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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2024-07-16 14:54:52
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