Taekwondo, the Calabrian Alessio silver medal: the blue man loses in the final at the Grand Prix of Rome

The Roma 2026 World Taekwondo Grand Prix turns silver for Simone Alessio (Calabrian from Sellia Marina). The Italian athlete at the Foro Italico won the silver medal in the +80 kg category, losing only in the final against the Russian Rafail Aiukaev 2-1. The day of Simone Alessio, bronze medalist in Paris 2024 in the -80kg category, began with a 2-0 success over the Greek Vasileios Tholiotis in the round of 16. Then the victory at the last second of the third round with the Ukrainian Artem Harbar in the quarterfinals, while in the semifinal Alessio beat the South Korean Sanghyun Kang 2-0.