Athletics, Professor Trentin still amazes: at the age of 67 he is gold medal at the European Championships

The cross-country ski runner of Atletica San Biagio, physics teacher at Planck,

SAN BIAGIO DI CALLALTA. Another international triumph for Virginio Trentin. The cross-country ski runner of Atletica San Biagio, physics teacher at Planck di Villorba, close to 68 years old, who started running to keep blood sugar under control and then began to collect successes both nationally and internationally, won the gold at the European Road Master Championships, taking place in Grosseto.

The stainless Virginio imposed himself on the 10 km road race (38’11 “), winning the victory in the M65 category. For him also the team silver, with Antonio Guerra from Vicenza and Enrico Bertarelli from Grosseto completing the ‘business.

A little over a month ago he announced that his focus was this: at the Treviso Marathon he had entered the Top 10, in eighth place for men, under the three-hour race wall. «It was hot», the athlete commented after finishing his 42.195 km in 2h55’17 ”, «But the Treviso Marathon is always beautiful since I’ve done them all, I’m a running senator. The next goal is the European Championship in Grosseto. ”He had seen it right.

In December 2021 he won the Italian championship of 50 km on the road, category M65, held in Borgo di Vigoleno, in the province of Parma. Trentin conquered the title of Italian champion with a test of 3h37’50 ”, which allowed him, among other things, to occupy the twenty-first position in the general classification. The umpteenth success of the never ending career. He also boasts the title of marathon world champion (among the M60) in 2015 in Lyon, just to mention one of the most precious laurels. In 2021, the tricolor victory at the end of September in Arezzo in the Italian half marathon championship was added to the title won in Emilia Romagna.