With an extraordinary performance from a technical but above all tactical point of view, Antonella Palmisano triumphed in the 20km race walk over the distance that made her Olympic champion in 2021, finishing in 1:28:09. Silver for Valentina Trapletti, with a time of 1:28:37. Another gold medal for Battocletti in the 5000m, silver medal for the Italian team also in the 4×400 mixed
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Four medals for Italy at the European Athletics Championships, two gold and two silver wrapped in the tricolour. Italian double in the women’s 20km race walk. Antonella Palmisano is the new European champion of the specialty. The Italian dominated the race held at the Foro Italico in Rome, finishing in 1:28:09. Silver for Valentina Trapletti, 1:28:37. Then comes the gold for Nadia Battocletti in the 5000m and another silver medal for the Italian team also in the 4×400 mixed with Luca Sito, Anna Polinari, Edoardo Scotti and Alice Mangione.
Palmisano gold, Trapletti silver
With an extraordinary performance from a technical but above all tactical point of view, Palmisano won the European distance gold which made her Olympic champion in 2021. On the route created between the Stadio dei Marmi and Piazza della Fontana della Sfera with arrival inside the Olympic Stadium, the 32-year-old walker from Puglia from Mottola once again showed her superiority. ‘Nelly’ increased his pace towards the tenth kilometer and then ran away shortly after half the race. Confirming the long Italian tradition of ‘heel-toe’, there is the silver of the 38 year old Milanese Valentina Trapletti, at the end of April gold at the World Team Championships in the new format of the mixed relay. Bronze medal to Ukrainian Lyudmila Olyanovska (1h28’48). In the history of the European Championships, it is the third gold for the Italian women’s race walk after the two victories of the unforgettable Annarita Sidoti over 10 kilometers in 1990 and 1998.
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Gold for Battocletti in the 5000 meters
Another success for Italy comes from Nadia Battocletti, who wins gold in the 5000 meters final. New medal for Italy with the middle distance runner breaking the European championships record with 14:35.29.
Blue silver medal in the 4×400 mixed
Italy also wins the silver medal in the 4×400 mixed at the European Athletics Championships underway in Rome. The blue relay was made up of Luca Sito, Anna Polinari, Edoardo Scotti and Alice Mangione. Gold for Ireland and bronze for the Netherlands.
