At the Absolutes of Rovereto Gaia is second in the 5,000 while Elisa finishes third in the 1,500 with a new personal best
ROVERETO. The Italian women’s middle distance runner speaks (also) from Belluno. Great weekend performances for Gaia Colli and Elisa Bortoli at the absolute Italian athletics championships in Rovereto. At the Quercia stadium in the town of Trentino, the Auronzana Colli won a splendid silver on 5,000, Agordina an equally splendid bronze on 1500.
Both have created the new staff. Colli, between silver and Europeans. On Saturday evening, around 5,000, Gaia Colli proved once again that she is a girl that Italian athletics can count on even on the track. After the tricolor satisfactions in the mountain race, the Auronzana who wears the jersey of the Bergamo Val Brembana won the silver medal over 5,000, running in 16’20 ”74, a time that constitutes his new“ personal best ”. Both Gaia and the Piedmontese Anna Arnaudo, winner in 15’15 ”69, are in the Promises category. «It was a regular and slow race, up to the second kilometer», says Gaia. «Then Arnaudo gave a sharp acceleration and I, Rebecca Lonedo and Sara Galimberti stayed to control us for half a lap. Then I got in my head to shoot but the Arnaudo was gone. I still take home an unexpected silver, which is worth a lot. However, I have one regret: the goal of the race was to make a staff of around 16’10 “, but the staff arrived but 16’20”. It is known, however, that the races where there are medals up for grabs are often tactical and so it was. So it is half regret ».
Colli’s season should continue now with the Under 23 European Championships, given that he has achieved the minimum to be at the start of the Promesse continental review (scheduled from 8 to 11 July in Tallin, Estonia) on 10 thousand. In autumn, then, there could be a blue jersey for the mountain running world championships. Bortoli, a bronze worth Yesterday, around 1,500, Elisa Bortoli gave a good demonstration of her value. The Agordina of the Army Sports Center, born in 1994, in fact won the bronze by running in 4’12 ”55, her new staff. In front of her, not just any athletes: the winner was in fact the Trentino star, born in 2000, Nadia Battocletti (4’09 “38) and second was placed the Lombard, born in 1999, Marta Zenoni (4’09” 79) .
The other people from Belluno. Other people from Belluno were also competing for the tricolors. Enrico Riccobon (Atletica Brugnera) was busy in the 800s, where he finished eighth in 1’48 ”46, and in the 1500s, where he retired. Marco Bonan (Quercia Trentingrana) competed on the 3,000 hedges, finishing 12th (Promesse sixth), and Abdoullah Bamoussa (Atletica Brugnera), who however stopped. On 110 obstacles, 13th place (fifth Promesse) for Alessio Sommacal (Athletic club Belluno Firex) in 14 ”81. In the javelin, the sixth place arrived, with the measure of 51.06, for Paola Padovan (Carabinieri).