First day full of satisfactions for Italy in Pila, Poland, home of the U23 European Judo Championships. They arrived well on the Polish tatami five medals. They were on the podium Giuseppe De Tulliogold in -66 kg, Federico Ninfosilver in -66 kg, Giulia Ghiglionesilver in -48 kg, Asia Advancedbronze in the -48 kg, e Carlotta Advancedbronze in the -63 kg.
-66 kg conquering territory for the Bel Paesegiven the all-Italian final for the continental title. Ninfo prevailed in his pool against the Portuguese Goncalo Lampreia and the Israeli Eran Fixbefore successfully facing the Bulgarian Boyan Yotov. De Tullio put his victories in series, opposite the Lithuanian Simas Polikeviciusto the Israeli Robert Sorkin and to the Austrian Marcus Auer. In the penultimate act the Italian judoka gave the Georgian no chance Tengo Zirashvili and so the all-Italian challenge materialized, with the success of De Tullio.
Two other European medals materialized in the women’s -48 kg. Ghiglione was perfect against the Azerbaijani Farida Mirzayeva and Polish Zuzanna Wozniakbefore facing the Spanish flu Gemma Maria Gomez Antona. The Iberian had to raise the white flag and the local judoka fought for the title with the Swede Tara Babulathvictorious in the other Advanced semi-final, also splendid in her journey which ended with bronze. Scandinavian who proved to be an insurmountable obstacle in Italy, given the victory also against Ghiglione.
Closing the circles, the bronze of Carlotta Advanced in the -63 kg it was the result of an adventure that started well against the Finn Lunch Snow Adventurebut coincided with the defeat against the Spanish Laura Vazquez Fernandez. The Italian was able to re-emerge in the repechage, defeating the German first Victoria Folger and then prevailing in the bronze medal match against the Pole Martyna Glubiak.
