After participating at the Collegiate held at the Sports Centre of the Yellow Flames in Ostia, a tough week with intense workouts in the morning and in the evening, Massimo Mancini and Michael Balzana are preparing for the next international competitions at the headquarters of Spello. Michael certainly will participate in the European Cup in Sindelfingen, Germany, together with his teammate Alessandro Binucci, while Massimo is considering the possibility of taking part at the tournament in Berlin, a competition reserved for the junior class. Meanwhile, all members of the competitive team are following a program of physical work under the...

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Nine samurais of Spello captured by the cheerfulness and enthusiasm of the multiple Olympic champion Girolamo Giovinazzo, who held a lesson Tuesday, July 1, during the stage organized by the volcanic Mirco Diarena, technical of the society of Umbertide. An unprecedented success attended by over 100 athletes, from Lazio, Tuscany and Umbria, at the trainings that took place in the bucolic setting of the Agritourism Acquacalda. The team of Spello was composed by the athletes Alessio Cecera, Samuel Bagaglia, Riccardo Tartaglini, Luca Gasparrini, Matteo Murasecco, Carlo Kallcishta, Giacomo Benedetti, Massimo Mancini and Michael Balzana.

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A Massimo Mancini in great shape conquer two medals at the Grand Prix, held in Catania on saturday 14th and sunday 15th at the Palalivatino of Alicastello (CT): gold medal in the cadets competition, where Massimo is the italian champion 2014, and bronze medal in the juniores category. In the cadets competition, the Spello’s citizen doesn’t give escape to the opponents, he presses them from the very beginning and ends always before the limit, thanks to the spectacular techniques, evaluated ippon. The highest step of the podium is his, proving that he is at the time, in the 90 kg...

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A bitter bronze, the one won by Filippo Battistoni in the finals of the Italian Cup, held in Follonica Saturday 31 May, who saw wrecked the dream of winning the gold after losing the match against the athlete of Genoa, D'Apice. A fight dominated by Filippo up to a minute until the end of the fight, when a sudden and unexpected blow deprived him of the opportunity to play the final, and relegated him to recover to win the third place. During the recoveries, Filippo did not give a chance to anyone and defeated one after the other three opponents,...

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