“We are always disappointed to finish at the foot of the podium,” she confided to Belga at the end of her day. “I felt really good about this day. I felt in good shape and confident. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to win a medal. I gave everything, I attacked the Dutchwoman, but I was countered . That leaves me with a bitter taste, but that’s judo.”
This fifth place nonetheless remains the best result obtained by <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/07/judo-gold-of-deliverance-for-alessia-corrao-in-prague/" title="Judo | Gold of deliverance for Alessia Corrao in Prague”>Alessia Corrao in a Grand Slam tournament. She had already finished seventh earlier in the year in Antalya. And that will give him heart to work for the end of his season, including the U23 European Championships in Poland next month.
“I hoped for more, because we always come to win, but looking back, I am happy with this fifth place,” she continued. “In the repechage, I beat a girl that I had never beaten before (the Hungarian Brigitta Varga, editor’s note). So, there is progress. And my day is positive. I have to continue. I’m going back and work even harder, I will have the Belgian championships on November 2, then the U23 Europeans on November 15,” she concluded.
