Pietro Arese gives Italy the twenty-third medal at the European Athletics Championships: he wins bronze in the 1500 meters with a beautiful comeback in the final.
A thrilling ending for Pietro Arese who conquers the bronze medal in the 1500 meters at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. An incredible race for him, decided at the end with an exciting comeback that allowed him to place himself in third place and give Italy its 23rd medal.
After the Italian record, the joy of the podium also came for him, welcomed with tears running down his face the moment he crossed the finish line. With a time of 3:33.34 Arese placed third behind the winner Ingebrigsten and of Vermeulen which instead finished in second place.
An exciting comeback
The race of the athlete born in ’99 concluded a moving race, made of great sacrifice and a lot of stubbornness. At the end of the race it is he was almost disappointed for not having brought home the silver, but the medal around his neck is pure satisfaction for him who did not disappoint expectations. The decisive moment was at the end, when he had to grit his teeth to avoid being sucked in by his opponents.
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In the last meters he lowered his head and created a great comeback that finally gave him the medal by just 7 tenths, a breath which however was enough to give him the great joy he had been waiting for too long. In the last few meters he gritted his teeth chasing his dream and in the end he was moved and burst into tears at his success.
A long-awaited medal
The history of Arese is made up of many fourth places that only made him dream of being able to win a medal. This evening, however, she can wear it around her neck with pride: in the last two years, between the Mediterranean Games, the European Championships and the European Team Championships, she had only found fourth places, with great disappointment at having always missed the podium.
In these European Athletics Championships, however, he managed to achieve his great dream, despite the fierce competition that made him sweat for third place until the end. And after the Italian record, Arese was able to give Italy the twenty-third medal of this tournament, the most touching.
