Five medals, and three are gold! With this result, Italy immediately placed itself in first place in the row of 19 nations participating in the Rijeka Junior European Cup. The first day, in fact, recorded three first places with Pietro Andreini in the 60 kg, Alessio De Luca in the 66 kg , Sara Corbo in the 63 kg, two third places with Alessandro Bicorgni in the 66 kg, Federico Bosis in the 73 kg.
“Sprint start for this young Italy which demonstrates the excellent work done by the clubs. -was the comment of Salvatore Ferrocontact person for the Italian national team –
Andreini, De Luca and Corbo dominated their categories with cunning and intelligence and not least were Bicorgni and Bosis who, despite an excellent race, had to settle for bronze. A bit of regret for the numerous fifth places today which could easily have been just as many medals”.
Comments from the protagonists
Sara Corbo, gold in the 63 kg: “I’m very happy with the race and being back on the podium, it’s just a starting point for bigger goals. I would like to thank Danilo Silveri and Banzai Cortina for following me in the race, and the coach Diego Frustaci for always supporting me and supporting me. I thank the entire Carabinieri Sports Center for accompanying me on this journey every day.”
Pietro Andreini, gold in the 60 kg: “I am very happy with how today went, I thank Nicholas Mungai who followed me today and my father who came here to support me. I also want to send thanks to Pierangelo and Massi Carollo for the daily work done in the gym”.
Alessio De Lucagold in the 66 kg: “I am very happy with how the day started and above all how it ended, they were all good matches and what made me sweat the most was the final where after 4 minutes of golden scores I managed to do ippon, I thank myself for not giving up on this tough journey, my parents, coaches (special thanks to mung who came to the river and to massi who is helping me a lot technically in the last period), always alive the dragoons.”
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