Yeman Crippa wins gold in the half marathon at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. Together with him on the podium also Pietro Riva who takes the silver ahead of the German Petros to complete the Italian double.
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A triumph for Italy in the half marathon, in Rome, with Yeman Crippa winning gold in 1:01.03 and Riva taking silver immediately behind him to complete the double.
Italy already at 13 medals
And the enthusiasm for the European Athletics Championships is growing with Italy already has 13 medals, of which 7 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze. The champions of the Italian national team conquered the Olympic Stadium in the first two nights of the European Championships, which will forever remain imprinted in the history of Italian athletics. This morning’s result in the half marathon thanks to Yeman Crippa and Pietro Riva is also worth the team title.
Crippa: “Happy for the gold, confidence for Paris”
“I was extremely excited to race here in Rome, I’m very happy. Reconfirming the gold was tough, both due to the climate and the nervousness, I had a slight discomfort in my side but I’m happy to have brought it home and now we move on Convinced of the choice of path, now I hope to talk about a great performance at the Olympics too and to do a marathon that could be within my reach”. Thus Yeman Crippa, speaking to Rai after the victory.
Great moment for Italian athletics
Then, at the moment that Italian athletics is experiencing, Crippa admits that “the results made us understand that we had to wake up, that whoever could bring home the medals couldn’t be wrong. The medals from the other days encourage you, but they also give some right pressure, “she continues.
To complete the Italian celebration there is also the silver of Pietro Riva who underlines how this is “the best moment of his career, I was beaten by a great friend and I’m happy that he was the one who won. I didn’t expect second place, I knew that I’m better on the road than on the track, during the race I felt great and in the end I told myself to go and get the medal. When you have Stefano Baldini as your guide something comes out”, concludes the Italian.
Tamberi in the final, ok Jockeys in the hammer
Meanwhile, Gianmarco Tamberi, on his first jump, secured the pass for the high jump final by exceeding the bar positioned at 2.21 metres.the. “It was a simple qualification, here I want to win, perhaps with the blue on the right and left on the podium”, his words at the end of the qualification which also brought Lando and Sottile to the final. Sara Fantini also did well in the hammer throw with her 72.28 meters which qualified her for the specialty final with the second overall measurement. Also excellent was the performance of Emmanuel Ihemeje and Andrea Della Valle, who qualified for the triple jump final, as well as that of Tobia Bocchi, who was the second of the excluded with 16.43 but was then pulled out for waiting about 20 minutes on the platform to a problem with the meter, a wait that had affected the athlete. Pettorossi, on the other hand, will be in the semi-final of the 200m thanks to a time of 20”56, two hundredths of a second behind his personal best, catching up with Tortu and Desalu. Linda Olivieri also qualified for the semi-final in the women’s 400 hurdles, as did Lambrughi and Bertoncelli in the men’s.
