results not as good as they might look at a first view for Italy...
Luigi Busà , in fact, wasted a big chance to make the final, perpetuating the Italian jinx against the Kazakh fighters (also his sister Lorena lost to Serikova in the repechage round of the women's -55kg)...
meanwhile Angelo Crescenzo lost to Pavlov underperforming once again against people he should beat blindfolded...and to increase the size of this disaster, Samdan is again in the big final, which he's going to win easily...
at this pace, soon the Turkish guy will overtake Crescenzo in the OQR and Italy will lose one of their spot at the Olympics (and one of the few medal chances we have), as Assadilov is also among the safe top 3 round after round and keeps his advantage over the Italian in the OQR...
finally, in the women's -55kg, Sara Cardin's struggle continues...since her injury of last year, she's not anymore the same "machine" she used to be...and it's unlikely that she will be able to qualify at the final tournament if she does not find her old shape and skills...