The thirty-year-old, in Lille, finished in 30’08”, breaking her own record and remaining 1″ from the European record of the British Keith
Another lap, another record: Nadia Battocletti, two weeks after winning the indoor 3000m world gold, confirming her class, is also a protagonist on the road. The 25-year-old from Trentino, in Lille, France, with 30’08”, remains just one second from the fresh continental record of the specialty, held by the British Megan Keith (Castellon, Spain, 22 February). But she shatters the Italian limit in her possession since the European Road Championships in Leuven 2025 (13 April), dominated in 31’10”. The progress, therefore, is even 62″.
The race
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The bearer of the Fiamme Azzurre, in a mixed race of great quality, won by the Ethiopian Khairi Bejiga in 26’51”, at the finish line she is 122nd and fourth woman behind the world record holder, the Kenyan Agnes Ngetich who, with 28’58”, remains 12 seconds away from her own record of Valencia 2024 and the Ethiopians Chaltu Dida (30’02”) and Hirut Meshesha (30’05”). The Italian, on a not exactly streamlined route, embraced by two wings of the crowd (15’09” for the first 5 km, 14’59” for the second), is forced to make many overtakings, especially at the end. Stopwatch in the lead, he gives everything, but the appointment with the European record is postponed. For her father Giuliano’s pupil, the next outing, the first on the track of 2026, is scheduled for Saturday 9 May, at the Pegaso Meeting in Florence where, in the 1500m, she will be able to chase Sinta Vissa’s Italian record (3’58″11), which she missed last season in Rovereto by four hundredths of a second.
Men
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Meanwhile, applause goes to Pasquale Selvarlo, Nadia’s clubmate who, with 27’48” (13th) becomes the third Italian ever after Yeman Crippa (27’08”) and Francesco Guerra (27’39”). Alberto Mondazzi finishes in 28’41” (50th). In the 5 km, the world record attempt of the Frenchman Jimmy Gressier, the reigning world champion of the 10,000 on the track, narrowly fades away and, winning with 12’51”, remains two seconds from the limit of the Ethiopian from Berihu Aregawi who has resisted since 2021.
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