In Liévin, France, the blue closes fourth behind the Ethiopians but, at its first indoor release, with 8’30”82 signs the national primacy. The Florentine giant, with 21’95, tears the best world performance of the year, Zane second with 21.72
Extraordinary, more and more extraordinary. Battocletti in Liévin runs in 8’30”82 and shatters the Italian record of the 3000 indoor meters that already held. An improvement of almost 11 seconds compared to his 8’41”72 made in France, in Val-de-Reuil three years ago.
the race
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The Olympic silver in the 10,000 in Paris, twice gold at the European Championships in Rome and Cross continental champion competing alone (partial of 2: 50.81 in the first kilometer and 5: 41.47 per second), closes strong but at the finish yes He must bow to the formidable Ethiopian terzetto Fredeweyni hair (8: 19.98) followed by Gudaf Tsegay (8: 25.12) and Birke Haylom (8: 25.37). Nadia then closes fourth, but what a grit!
The blue becomes the European eighth of each era in the 3000 indoors, just over four seconds with a primacy of 8: 26.41 made in 2017 by British Laura Muir. To understand us, the chrono centered by Battocletti in Lievin is also clearly better than the Italian outdoor record, 8: 35.65 by Roberta Brunet dated 1997.
Fabbri-Weir, what a brace!
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To record, also the splendid brace in the weight. Leonardo Fabbri is growing in a condition and wins with the best world performance of the year (21.95). Behind him, his friend and training companion Zane Weir second with 21.72. The two blue giants leave on the lowest step of the podium, the Olympic bronze Rajindra Campbell (21,34). Two Italians had never happened to the first two places in a Gold stage of the World Indoor Tour. Italy of Atletica never disappoints.
Gazzetta dello Sport
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