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Interesting results for the athletes competing in the third stage of the Club Race Walking Championships on the Prato track.
10.000m Senior Track Walk (men & women)
Among the men, Gianluca Picchiottino (Fiamme Gialle) improved his time, finishing with a time of 38:43.25. A couple of weeks after his half marathon at the World Team Championships in Brasilia, the 29-year-old from Livorno shaved a handful of seconds off his personal best of 38:57.96, set two years ago, and moved up the all-time list: he is now seventh all-time nationally. Luigi Reis (Trieste Atletica), born in 2003, also improved, clocking 40:22.40, shaving over a minute off his personal best, and Livorno native Omar Moretti (Cus Pro Patria Milano), newly entered into the U23 category, improved even further, dropping to 40:23.65. Reis and Moretti are expected to make their senior national team debuts on May 8th in the half marathon in Podebrady.
The women’s event saw the victory of 20-year-old Elisa Marini (Cus Macerata), who also lowered her personal best after returning from the team world championships with a time of 44:57.15, matching her peer Bianca Zoboli (La Fratellanza 1874 Modena, 46:46.76) and Giulia Miconi (Cus Pro Patria Milano, 47:08.59).
5.000m Track Walk U20 (men & women)
In the U2O race, it was a given that victory would go to one of the two protagonists of the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Brazil. Alessio Coppola (Fiamme Oro) also prevailed in Prato in 19:55.17, in front of Nicolò Vidal (Pbm Bovisio Masciago, 20:07.70), with Giuseppe Marchionno (Pol. Tethys Chieti, 21:15.67 PB) finishing third.
In the women’s category, Serena Di Fabio (Fiamme Azzurre) took a clear victory with 22:12.46, while Giulia Ferri (As Ascoli Piceno) stood out, clocking 22:50.42, a one-minute improvement in her first year in the category, in front of Francesca Buselli (La Fratellanza 1874 Modena), who finished third with a personal best of 23:08.16.
5000m U18 Track Walk (boys & girls)
The U18s’ 5,000m track walk was a close race, with Riccardo Rabai (Atl. Grosseto Banca Tema, 21:08.60) taking the win, ahead of Cristian Cecchetto (Atl. Vicentina, 21:19.55), fresh from his team gold in Brasilia, and Adriano Caferra (Amatori Atl. Acquaviva, 21:19.92).
The girls U18 race was won by Rebecca D’Alessandro (Pol. Tethys Chieti) in 23:08.72, followed by Anita Marchi (Atl. Vis Abano, 23:35.22) and Caterina Carissimi (Atl. Brescia 1950), in third place with 24:09.04.