Another peak conquered for taekwondo Italy: after the first place in the Olympic ranking in the -58 kg category obtained by Vito Dell'Aquila, Simone Alessio takes the highest step in the -80 kg.
"Today I become first in the ranking and the feeling is that I have achieved a goal that I set myself. My aspiration was and will always be to be number one - says the Calabrian athlete of the Red Flames - I am very satisfied and, honestly, I was also slightly moved when I saw my name there this morning, above all the others! This shows that I have taken the right path. "
The blue is back from an amazing 2022, in which he won the title of European champion as well as the Grand Prix of Rome and Paris.
The next appointments will be on 22 October in Manchester for the last Grand Prix of the year and especially in November, for the World Championship in Mexico.