The city of the Strait also shines at the Paris Paralympics, the national table tennis team led by Alessandro Arcigli from Messina with the gold won by Matteo Parenzan in the men’s singles s6 achieves the fourth medal, of the 18 in total for the Italian team, in the discipline (two golds and two bronzes).
Only a fifth place for the Messina native Carolina Coastworld champion and Paralympic bronze in Tokyo. The Italian, at the start of the category of +70 kg category J2 yes it is stopped at the foot of the podium. Costa made a convincing debut against the home team Prescilla Lézéscoring a Tani-otoshi that was worth the ippon after just 44″. The first stop in the semifinal came against the Brazilian Rebecca de Souza Silva. After receiving two shido for non-combativeness, our standard-bearer took the lead with an O-uchi-gari (waza-ari). Incredibly, in the last second of the match, the Brazilian found a Kami-shio-gatame (ippon). In the bronze medal match, three shido for non-combativeness cost Carolina the defeat, in the face of the Kazakh Tsarina Raifovaburdened by two shido. Fifth place therefore for the Italian judoka.
Greetings from Mayor Basile
Unique emotions, so much pride for an undertaking that has written HISTORY. The Paralympic Table Tennis National Team, led by coach Messinese Alessandro Arcigli, won 2 gold medals and 2 bronze medals. An Italian success with the excellent guidance of coach Messinese. Thank you Alessandro, you have brought our city to the top of the world! We look forward to seeing you in Messina to celebrate this extraordinary result.