We know better the 7 Italians who have obtained medals in Oran, Algeria, in the middle distance competitions
Giorgio Rondelli
The i Mediterranean Games for athletics. Italy has placed 18 medals in the game bag with five golds, seven silvers and six bronzes. Apart from the four medals won in the relays against technically non-top-tier opponents at an international level and the other seven medals, won a bit patchy between obstacles, jumps and throws, the seven medals won in middle distance competitions stand out, come up against traditionally strong opponents such as Algerians, Moroccans, Turks, Tunisians and French. Let’s find out who are the magnificent seven who got on the podium. But in addition to the medalists, some other Italian athletes who have achieved important competitive and chronometric results are worth mentioning.
Giovanna Epis
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The 33-year-old Venetian won the race for half marathon in 1h13.47 after an authentic battle with six other athletes confirming a new maturity, even mental, on the competitive level. The next goal is the marathon of the European championships in Munich on 15 August. His gold medal, with that of the hurdler Rebecca Sartori remain the only individual successes of the blue team. With a curiosity: both athletes train at field 25 April in Milan. In the same race seventh place for the blue Rebecca Lonedo in 1h15.49.
Eloisa Coiro
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In order of merit, a red circle for Eloisa Coiro, born in 2000, author of a great performance in the final of the 800 meters finishing second in 2.01.40. New personal best behind the Turkish Ekaterine Guliyev gold in 2.01.08. Our Azzurri is a very young athlete who seems close, in the short or medium term, to go under the 2-minute barrier on the double lap of the track. The other blue in the race was not very lucky Joyce Mattaglianoeliminated in heats in 2.06.85 and out of the final for only 3 cents.
Federica Del Buono / Ludovica Cavalli
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Respectively silver and bronze in one 1500 forbidden to the faint of heart. With the courageous Cavalli to launch the long sprint with Del Buono in the slipstream. It seemed like a fantastic shotgun would be achieved if she hadn’t fallen behind the two Italians, the transalpina Aurore Fleury surpassing them just one step away from the finish line. Sprint race detachments. Fleury 4.13.03, Del Buono 4.13.09, Horses 4.13.37.
Catalin Tecuceanu
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Splendid bronze medal on the 800 metersbehind the very strong Algerians Sedjati Djamel 1.44.52 and Hethat Yassine 1.44.79, for Catalin Tecuceanu in the big time of 1.44.97. A boy of Romanian nationality, born in 1999, who became an Italian citizen in November last year. A very solid athlete also on a tactical level. Applause also for the other blue in the race, the 23 year old from the Marches Simone Barontini sixth with the new personal best of 1.45.92.
Ossama Meslek
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Another important bronze medal came in 1500 meters for mendominated in the sprint by the French Azeddine Habz in 3.41.65 in front of the Moroccan Abdellatif Sediki 3.42.00, thanks to the blue Ossama Meslek third with 3.42.49. An athlete born in 1997 who lives and trains in England and who last winter improved the Italian indoor record on 1500 meters with 3.37.27. Many regrets instead for the young Piedmontese Pietro Arese fourth with 3.42.80 certainly tossed a little too much by the opponents in the hectic stages of the sprint.
Italo Quazzola
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The working class goes to heaven. To crown a long series of results and new personal bests of ever higher quality on the 5000 and 10,000 meters the 28 year old Piedmontese coached by Tiziano Bozzo a splendid medal of bronze in the 5000 meters in 13.37.63 behind the Moroccans Soufiyan Bouquantar 13.36.12 and Mohamed Fares 13.36.85. In ninth place with 13.56.63 another Piedmontese 25 year old Dario De Caro university student in the United States. A little in decline after the excellent indoor performances last winter in the American indoor competitions on 3000 and 5000 meters.
Honorable mentions
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In the other races, the excellent fifth place of the Piedmontese should be noted Martina Merlo, born in 1993, who ran the 3000 steeplechase in 9.38.84, minimum for the European Championships in Munich. In the same race he confirmed the difficult moment of another Piedmontese athlete, the young woman Anna Arnaudo, born in 2000, great protagonist in the European Cup on 10,000 at the end of May, ending tenth in 10.22.46. On the 3000 male hedges the 22-year-old from Trentino Giovanni Gattothe only blue in the race, is eleventh in 8.46.77.
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