May 24, 2024, 12:04 pm
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PALERMO – Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May, at the Stadio delle Palme – Vito Schifani, on the occasion of the regional track club championship, Palermo will return to breathe a bit of the blue of athletics. The event, called by the regional committee of Fidal Sicily and organized by ASD Media@, will in fact be an opportunity for some athletes who wear the national team jersey to try to achieve an important and prestigious result.
On Sunday, Larissa Iapichino, European Under 20 and Under 23 champion, European vice indoor champion and absolute Italian indoor record holder (6.97 metres) will “land” on the long course.. Together with her there will be Veronica Crida (Atletica Brescia 1050), Elisa Naldi and the Sicilians Elisa Valenti (Siracusarchitettura), who will also be involved in the triple, and Valentina Agata Rubino (Pro Sport 85 Valguarnera).
Men’s long men’s platform with Filippo Randazzo looking for the best condition. The athlete from San Cono, playing for the Fiamme Gialle, recently returned to jumping after a long period of absence due to a series of injuries. The class has remained the same, the measurements are destined to improve from race to race. The presence of Mohamed Reda Chahboun (Unicusano Livorno) and another Fiamme Gialle athlete, Simone Forte, made the challenge lively.
Sicilian athletes on display
But we will also and above all compete to bring home the best possible result from a corporate perspective and therefore Sicilian athletes on display. In the 100 (with over 50 athletes competing) the best credit times are for Paride Iacono and Mario Giudice, both from Milone Siracusa and Marco Ragusa (Cus Palermo).
In the 200 there is room for another Italian, Riccardo Meli from Palermo, an athlete of the Fiamme Gialle who will compete to bring points to Cus Palermo. Interesting race due to the presence of junior Simone Giliberto (Siracusarchitettura). Track lap with Giliberto again, silver medal in the 400m at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival.
800 with a view of the gems of Siracusarchitettura Goodluck Osaro and Kledi Pio Le Mura, with Giovanni Tinervia (Polisportiva Atletica Bagheria) in third place. In the 1500m all eyes will be on student Luca Cavazzuti (Siracusarchitettura), while the victory should not escape the Burundi athlete registered for Milone Siracusa Jean De dieu Butoyi who will replicate in the 5000m, where he will be chased by Giuseppe Gerratana (Aeronautica Militare – Running Modica ).
Steeplechase with Wilson Marquez (Siracusarchitettura) and Gabriele Antibo (Cus Palermo). “Hot” platform also in the discus with the three-way challenge, De Gaetano (Siracusarchitettura), Franco (Cus Palerrmo) and Campagnolo (Milone). In the shot put the Calabrian from Cus Palermo, Riccardo Ferrara.
In the women’s 100m Svetlana Fanale (Cus Palermo), Alessia Carpinteri (Cus Catania) and Megane Aprile (Running Modica). In the 400m there is a challenge between Prazza (Cus Catania) and Aparo (Siracusarchitettura). Also interesting are the 1500m with Blandi (for the cussina also the 5000m) again Prazza and Salonia. March with Desiree Di Maria (Cus Catania). Finally, in the women’s javelin there is a “master” challenge between Nissolino Catania and Milone Siracusa which leads to a successful throw for Maria Venaria and Giusi Parolino.
Race days
There will be two days of competitions, starting on Saturday at 2.30pm with the women’s hammer, same time on Sunday, with the women’s long distance race scheduled for 4.10pm. Next it will be the men’s turn. Closing with the 4×400 and the award ceremony for the first three ranked clubs, male and female.
On the occasion of the racing weekend, the figure of Vito Schifani will be rememberedathlete of the Fiamme Oro, excellent four-hundredth runner, agent of Giovanni Falcone’s escort, victim of the Capaci massacre of which the thirty-second anniversary was celebrated on Thursday 23 May.
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May 24, 2024, 12:04 pm
