In the 1,500m in Modena he wins in 4’03″50, a handful of hundredths behind his personal best in the Meeting celebrating the 150th anniversary of «La Fratellanza Modena»
Nadia Battocletti in a archive photo by Francesca Grana.
Second close test for Nadia Battocletti who wins in the 1,500m in Modena in 4’03″50, a handful of hundredths away from the personal best in the Meeting celebrating the 150th anniversary of La Fratellanza Modena; PB for Pellegrini in the men’s 1,500m
Bad days happen. And they pass
Four evenings ago, in Milan, it happened to Nadia Battocletti, who appeared less brilliant than usual in the 1500 meters of the Arena Civica of Milan.
Today, in Modena, the Frate150 Meeting which celebrates the century and a half of life of «La Fratellanza 1874» saw the twenty-four year old Nonesa of the Fiamme Azzurre close the second close test over 1,500 meters with a more than convincing 4’03″50.
A time that allowed the European vice champion in cross country to win the Emilian race ahead of the Dutch Marissa Damnik (4’05″84) and to come close to the personal best set last year of 4’03″36.
In short, in the space of a hundred hours, her father Giuliano’s pupil demonstrated with facts that the alarm bells raised after her Milanese debut had no reason to ring, on the contrary.
Excellent confirmations in the 1,500 meters for Pietro Pellegrini (Florence Marathon) who signed a new personal best, taking a further second off the progress made a few days ago in Milan: 3’42″06 for the Cembran in the race won by Masresha Costa (3’38 ”51), with Marco Anesi (Lagarina Crus Team) eighth in 3’49”46.
In the rain of Modena, Leonardo Fabbri in the meantime came close to the Italian record with a resounding 22.88 in the weight class.
The world silver medalist scores an extraordinary throw of 22.88 on his seasonal debut outdoors, on the rain-soaked platform.
It is the best world weight performance of the year, coming close to Alessandro Andrei’s historic Italian record (22.91 in 1987) missed by just three centimetres.
A sensational result for the Florentine giant of the Air Force, indoor world championship bronze two months ago in Glasgow, which becomes the seventh ever in the world and the third all-time in Europe with a formidable personal progress of over half a meter: 51 centimeters added to his record Italian indoor this winter, 22.37 on 10 February in Liévin, while last summer outdoors he climbed to the second step of the podium at the World Championships in Budapest with 22.34.
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