Riccobon wins the 1st Mile in the final sprint with Zanella

Giulia Viola the fastest among women, followed by Irene Vian and Nikol Marsura. In 220 last night at the race organized in the city center, from Veneto and Friuli

Enrico Riccobon is the king of the 1st Mile City of Belluno. His race was a real contest with Osvaldo Zanella, but in the final sprint the athlete from Cavarzano won. Behind the two from Belluno, both bearers of Atletica Brugnera, the Paduan Omar Zampis and Thomas Serafini of Firex Belluno.

The race saw the participation of 220 athletes from both Veneto and Friuli. The race took place in Piazza dei Martiri covering the entire length of the Liston and part of Piazza Vittorio Emanuele. For the youngest the distances were equal to 400 meters or 1000 meters, instead from the students onwards the distance covered was 1609.34 meters, that is to say one mile. The people of Belluno also performed well in the youth categories.

At the end of the race Enrico Riccobon expressed satisfaction with the result obtained: «Osvaldo Zanella was good and imposed a very strong pace on me. I really struggled, then in the final I was faster and I knew that if I came with him on the last lap I would win. I’m coming out of a bad injury, this result means that I’m working in the right direction ».

Here are the rankings. Female Beginners. 1. Mathilda Mondin (Astra) 1.05, 2. Maria Lazzari (Vittorio Veneto) 1.07, 3. Giorgia Franceschin (Vittorio Atl.) 1.10.

Male Beginners. 1. Tommaso Candeago (Quantin) 1.07, 2. Martino Naldo (Quantin) 1.07, 3. Gabriel Da Rold (Belluno Atl.) 1.07.

Girls. 1. Arianna Dei Negri (Conegliano) 3.21, 2. Lucia Turrin (Nemeggio) 3.32, 3. Linda Pillon (Sernaglia) 3.36.