The first great moment of the summer season for the Italian athletics calendar has arrived. Tomorrow and Sunday the Italian Individual Overall Championships will be staged in La Spezia with many of the protagonists who in a few weeks will be fighting for a prestigious result at the Paris Olympics. Also competing are many big yellow-blue players who have achieved qualification thanks to their performances during these months, but also thanks to the Challenge two weeks ago in which they placed themselves in useful positions for access to the Italians themselves.
Relays, but not only on the track
The relays have always been a source of great satisfaction, but also of medals for the Brotherhood on these occasions. The two days in La Spezia will be no exception with the men’s 4×100 and the women’s 4×400 warming up their engines in search of something important. Some of the protagonists of the two quartets will also be competing at an individual level starting with Andrei Zlatan and Mouhamed Pouye in the 100 meters where the list of accreditations is led by the Italians Melluzzo and Rigali in the absence of their teammates Jacobs, Tortu, Ali and Patta. In the women’s 400, Anna Cavalieri will compete who, after her fifth place in the winter and after having lowered her personal best to 53″49 in recent weeks, will have to deal with all or almost all of the Italian big names in a very complicated and stimulating challenge. In the race, after her excellent performance in the Challenge, also the yellow and blue who wears the colors of the Army Raphaela Lukudo.
Still on the subject of racing, then, in the 100 hurdles we find Sandra Milena Ferrari who has dropped to an excellent 13”58 for the season, but the athlete from Reggio who wears the Modena colours will play her best chances in the long jump in a race that sees her and the other most anticipated protagonists enclosed in a few centimetres, according to the accreditations, with the exception of number one Elisa Naldi of the Carabinieri. Still on the subject of hurdles Alberto Montanari has earned the pass for the 400, while in the middle distance Giovanni Filippi will compete with all the other big names in the 1500.
Frattini on the platform with great chances
Moving on to the platforms, Giovanni Frattini presents himself with the best accreditation at the start of the javelin competition, but the expert Roberto Orlando of the Air Force and his peer and historic rival Michele Fina of the Army have in their personal backgrounds superior to that of the Romagnolo from home Fratellanza. In the women’s competition, however, Emanuela Casadei is immediately behind the big names theoretically fighting for the podium. Also looking for a good performance are Lucy Omovbe in the shot put and Jacopo Mussi in the pole vault, while Enrico Montanari is looking for a spark in a season that brought him three centimeters from the personal best achieved a year ago on the occasion of the Italian Under 23 title.
Menghi back in competition in the Decathlon
Finally, a few days after his fourth place among the Under 23s, Yoro Menghi returns to the competition for a two-day event dedicated to the Decathlon in which he aims to improve his performance and, perhaps, challenge his personal best again in the specialty that would allow him to compete for another valuable placing.
Regional titles for students in Castelfranco
Not only absolute races because the Castelfranco Emilia facility will host the two-day event dedicated to the regional Allievi titles. Here too the Fratellanza will be well represented starting with Cesare Taglini competing in the 400, but above all in the 800 flat where he boasts the best accreditation. In the 1500, instead, there will be Claudio De Robertiis, while in the 2000 steeplechase the specialist Gilberto Ibraimo is expected. Moving on to the hurdles, instead, Filippo Virdis will compete in the 110. On the platforms Alessandro De Giglio is expected on the high jump, while Matteo Cocconi on the triple jump. Finally the throws with Martin Boga second accreditation in the hammer and Giacomo Gazzotti first in the javelin. In the women’s several presences in the 100 and 200 led by Chiara Cappi and the same goes for the 400 with Alessandra Maria Rinzullo best accreditation among the yellow and blues. Giada Margherita Ligorio, instead, leads the overall list in both the 800 and 1500, while among the hurdles there will be Vittoria Tonioni in the 400. Moving on to the platforms Ginevra Vacirca will compete in the high jump and Anna Volpi in the triple jump.
