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| Group photo at Pave cafe |
Milano Challenge 2013
After a great competition in Milan, Italy, Aspida Team Renzo Gracie managed to bring back back home four gold and three bronze metals .Milano Challenge is one of the biggest and most highly esteemed tournaments in Europe. With more than 600 athletes the tournament was one of the most organized events that I took part in and all these thanks to Milanimal's own, founder and coach, Andrea Baggio. For four days, while in Milano, we felt and were treated like royalty thanks to Andrea who treated us as if he wasn't burdened by the stress that usually comes with a-600-plus-person-logistics'nightmare.
The Aspida Team member's bonding grows stronger and stronger after each competition and this trip was a great example. Everybody did great despite winning or losing; For me, as a coach, everybody did great in their own right, for their own reasons. The spirit of fighting and competing is a very personal thing and in this competition I learned two new things:
A:NO excuses
B: Our greatest foe is not the one standing on the opposite side of the mat, BUT our own self!
RESULTS
Paris Kemanes - Bronze -65 kg white belts
Panos Petralis - Gold +100kg and open division blue belts
Thomas Georgiou - Bronze -88 kg purple belts
Dino Kouyialis - Gold -82 kg purple belts
Panikos Melodias - Gold -100kg and Bronze open division brown belts
Written by Andreas Achniotis Perales
Edited by Dino Kouyialis
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| Panos Petralis first place at +100kg and open |
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| Dino Kouyialis first place at -82kg |
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| Panikos Melodias first -100Kg and third in open |
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| Thomas Georgiou third -88kg |
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| Paris Kemanes third -64 |
