BEIJING, August 14, 2008 - Italy Next, large or small. It will not be the gold of the pilgrims, but the gold medal by Andrea Minguzzi in the fight greek-roman, 84 kg category, is one of those you remember for a long time. That the fight is part of the array of sport which is spoken only once every four years, when they get the Summer Games.
FINAL - The final match against Hungary's Zoltan Fodor (the two know each other well as they often are in Italy for the Magyars of Collegiate) was balanced. Equal in the first two periods. Then the last, breathtaking, with a 1-0 advantage in Minguzzi in defense (the blue part on the ground), prior to the stroke of victory. Andrea manages to earn the 4 key points raised by the Hungarian and making him fall back. At that point there are only a few seconds and Fodor no longer has time to fix it. Andrea cheers, hugs coach, you throw a flag and goes around the arena waving, before closing with a backward somersault. The afternoon was opened with the defeat of another blue, Daigoro Timoncini, beat Kazakhstan's Asset Mambetov from the repechage in 96 kg.
CONTROVERSY - Just the Swede has become the protagonist, during the awards ceremony, a dramatic gesture of controversy: Abrahamian, beaten by Minguzzi in the semifinals, fell from the podium and left the medal to the ground. Possible reason for the protest, a penalty that was imposed by the arbitrators in the meeting with his Italian. Abrahamian had also refused to shake hands at the blue end of their meeting. Minguzzi commented on the gesture by Sweden: "I've always admired, I am sorry to have ruined a bit 'what was my party. Obviously it was dissatisfied with the point against which it was given to the liability. A controversial decision, I agree, but you could also agree with most sportsmanship. "
taken from Gazzetta dello Sport
from our correspondent
Massimo Oriani
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