Second day a Sarajevo for the European Judo Championships Veterans and also in the M3 – M4 classes the Italian team obtained flattering results, adding another gold medal with Roberto Andrea Maserinthree silver medals with Davide Ticca, Omar Pezzotta And Sergei Titov and three bronze with Alessio Meloni, Andrea Silvello And Vito Costanza.
Comments from the protagonists
Roberto Maserin splendid gold medal in kg. 60 M3, 4 matches won peremptorily by ippon. Roberto: “Today I felt great both physically and mentally, I reaped the benefits of what I have done in the last few months. I’m very happy”.
Serghei Titov silver medal 90 kg M4: 3 matches won by ippon with top-class opponents, upon his return to competitions after several years, Serghei comments: “I let myself be stopped by the sanctions, I could have won…”
Davide Ticca silver medal in the same kg category. 60 M3: “The double with Roberto was beautiful, it was a challenging race that gave me sensational emotions”.
Silver by Omar Pezzotta kg. 73 M3: “It was a great European Championship, I’m happy”. Omar, after winning 3 matches by ippon, led the final with a Georgian athlete who had already won world and overall Olympic silver.
Bronze for Andrea Silvello kg. 66 M4, Vito Costanza kg. 81 M4, Alessio Meloni kg. 60 M4
Vito Costanza: “I worked hard to achieve this result of which I am truly proud and happy”
Andrea Silvello: “I returned to judo after 25 years, and I’m really satisfied.”
Fifth place for Fabio Brocchieri kg. 73 M4 and Carlo Lestani Kg. +100 M4, seventh places for Leonardo Rocca and Daniele Mannina.
Giuseppe Macri: “A nice haul of medals, with the anthem that resonated today too.”
Saturday is the third day and the M1/2 classes (from 30 to 40 years old) and all the female categories will compete on the tatami.
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