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Arese lowers Italian indoor mile record in Padova

The senior record fell to 3:54.64 while Casoni also set an under-20 mark.

2026-01-31 International Padova, Italy
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Pietro Arese began his season with an Italian indoor mile record of 3:54.64 in Padova. He improved his own 3:55.71, set on the same track three years earlier.

Simone Valduga followed in 3:59.13. Alessandro Casoni ran 4:06.56 to break Italy’s under-20 indoor mile record, surpassing Stefano Mei’s 4:06.65 from January 1982.

The performances supplied both senior and junior national records in the same race. In a separate French meeting covered by FIDAL’s update, Simone Bertelli cleared 5.62 in pole vault, matching the best Italian under-23 indoor clearance. These were distinct results within the federation’s end-of-month competition report.

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