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World Cup, two sixth places for Italy
World Cup, two sixth places for Italy
Two excellent results for Italy on the sixth day of the World Championships in Budapest. Sara Fantini è placed sixth in the women’s hammer throw Ayomide Folorunso took the same result in the women’s 400 hurdles.
The 25-year-old from Fidenza in Emilia launched to 73.85 on her third attempt, remaining fifth for a long time and not far from bronze, but in the end she did not è improve by losing one position. Gold to Canada’s Camryn Rogers (77.22), silver and bronze to Americans Janeé Kassanavoid (76.36) and DeAnna Price (75.41).
The 26-year-old native of Nigeria è was very good almost as good as in the semifinals, 54”19 against 53”89 with which she had improved the Italian record. The foregone gold è went to Dutch Femke Bol (51”70), silver to American Shamier Little (52”80), bronze to Jamaican Rushell Clayton (52”81, personal best)
The other results of the Azzurri. In the first semifinal of the women’s 200 Dalia Kaddari finished seventh in 22”75 and obviously will not be in the finals. Catalin Tecuceanu in 1’44”79, his personal best, è finished fourth in the second semifinal of the men’s 800 but remains out of the final, as does Simone Barontini, also with a personal best in 1’44”34 but fifth in the third semifinal.
Other races. In the men’s long jump the Greek favorite Miltiadis Tentoglou with a fantastic last jump to 8.52 left silver to Jamaican Wayne Piinnock, who matched him after the penultimate jump with 8.50 but with a second best measure. Bronze to’another Jamaican Tajay Gayle (8.27).
In the women’s 100 hurdles gold to Jamaica’s Danielle Williams (12”43), silver to Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (12”44), bronze to Statuniitan Kendra Harrison (12”46). In the men’s 400, gold again to Jamaica’s Antonio Watson (44”22), silver to Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith (44”31), bronze to USA’s Quincy Hall (44”37, personal best).
To top it off, a clash between two carts outside the stadium before the semifinals of the men’s 200 determined that nine athletes instead of the usual eight will participate in Friday's final.
Even the favorite, U.S. Noah Lyles, already the 100 world champion and the author of the best time in the three semifinals, was aboard one of the two electric cars that were bringing the athletes from the warm-up field to the inside of the stadium and that collided, albeit at low speed, due to an error by the drivers.
The’accident resulted in a change in the schedule in the running of the duecentist races, but it also injured one of the competitors who was on board. Jamaican Andrew Hudson, who è found a shard of glass in his eye. After finishing fifth in his event, Hudson appealed and è was admitted as ninth to the final, which he will contest in lane 1.
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The sun is shining on edition number 23 of the Wizz Air Milano Marathon, a fest for thousands of participants. The first to the finish line in Piazza Duomo is Kenyan Leonard Langat with a time of 2h08:38 after taking the lead around the 40th kilometer.
All of the Kenya the men’s podium, in a morning with the heat that is felt especially in the final part: in second place Isaac Kipkemboi Too, author of the personal best with 2h08:45 and detached by only seven seconds, ahead of Timothy Kipchumba (2h09:11) while finishing fourth the Eritrean Aron Kifle, making his debut over the distance of 42.195 kilometers, in 2h09:39.
In contrast, it was an athlete from Ethiopia who triumphed in the women’s race won by Shure Demise who finished solo with 2h23:31 at the end of a breakaway that began just past the 30-kilometer mark. Behind her, Kenyan Joan Chepkosgei improved to 2h25:32, then two other Ethiopians: third Alemtsehay Mekuria with 2h27:23 and fourth Rediet Daniel Molla (2h29:34). Among the Italians, the best were Roberto Patuzzo (Azzurra Garbagnate Milanese), 17th in the men’s race in 2h27:01, and Daniela Valgimigli (Liferunner), 10th in the women’s race in 2h53:23.
Boom of attendance also for the UniCredit Relay Marathon, the charity relay race, in the event organized by RCS Sports & Events and RCS Active Team. “A beautiful day of sport – the words of Urbano Cairo, president and CEO of RCS Mediagroup – with lots of runners among professionals and amateurs, lots of public to accompany the Milan marathon. The start from Piazza Duomo was wonderful.”
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Alexander Zverev will arrive in Rome as the defending champion and although the overtaking of Jannik Sinner at the top of the rankings is now almost impossible he already has one certainty: “If I face him, it will of course be in the final”.
“Let“s see what happens this time. It will be very interesting”, added the German, defeated by the’South Tyrolean in the Australian Open final before his three-month suspension.
“Ah, Italy: I like everything– he stressed to La Repubblica -Rome is Europe. The architecture, the history, the natural beauty. Then, the passion of the public: for tennis, and for sports in general”.
“I was the youngest tennis player in this century, after Nadal, to win the Internationals, I made it again last year. I remain focused mainly on Roland Garros, but Rome is one of my goals for the season”.
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With the championship now devoid of concrete goals, all Torino has left to do is to hit the last symbolic milestone: mathematical salvation, only one point away. From there on, the goal will be to end the season in the best possible way, accumulating as many points as possible. At the Olimpico – Grande Torino, however, comes a hungry Verona, which, with only a 7-point margin over the relegation zone, needs a win to avoid nasty surprises, especially if Empoli should overcome Cagliari.
The granata are going through a good moment: they are unbeaten for five rounds and on the last day they snatched a heavy point at the Olimpico against Lazio. The Scaligeri are also living a positive moment, with two consecutive useful results: the external victory in Udine and the internal draw against Parma. All the ingredients for an intense challenge are there.
Probable lineups:
Torino probable lineup (4-2-3-1): Milinkovic; Walukiewicz, Coco, Maripan, Biraghi; Casadei, Ricci; Lazaro, Vlasic, Elmas; Adams. All. Vanoli.
Probable Verona lineup (3-5-2): Montipò; Ghilardi, Coppola, Valentini; Tchatchoua, Dawidowicz, Duda, Bernede, Bradaric; Mosquera, Sarr. All. Zanetti.
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