ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Simone Alessio wins the top of the Olympic ranking of taekwondo in the heavyweight category (+80 kg). The blue, already bronze in Paris 2024 and vice champion of the world, has reached its primacy in less than eighteen months since its debut in the new weight.
The 25-year-old Livornese chose to measure in the maximum after having dominated for almost two years the world ranking of -80 kg, category in which he collected the main international titles. The blue athlete managed to climb the hierarchy of the queen category at record time. The attainment of position number 1 is a fundamental junction in the path towards the Olympic Games in Los Angeles 2028 and attests Alessio among the most dominant athletes of his generation, not only in taekwondo but in the entire panorama of Italian sport.
Satisfaction expressed by the blue technical director Claudio Nolano, who underlined the exceptional consistency of the athlete: “Simon’s continuity is disarming, since he entered the world elite, he has never abandoned the leadership. The number one in the world ranking, reached in so little time in a new category, is proof of its absolute value. Results such as gold at Charlotte’s Grand Prix Challenge and world silver confirm that we are on the right path, even if we are not yet at the top of the form. I deserve Simone and a federal staff who never settles and always strives to the maximum.”.
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