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Battocletti and Riva improve Italian records in Liévin
The French meeting delivered national middle-distance marks and a Fabbri shot-put victory.
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Nadia Battocletti broke her Italian indoor 3000m record with 8:26.44 in Liévin, finishing third behind Freweyni Hailu and Aleshign Baweke. The performance improved her previous mark by more than four seconds and fell three hundredths short of the European record.
Federico Riva lowered Italy’s indoor 1500m mark to 3:33.04, continuing his progression after Karlsruhe. Marta Zenoni recorded an Italian indoor 2000m best of 5:42.43, adding another national benchmark to the evening’s middle-distance programme.
Leonardo Fabbri won the shot put with 21.82, completing a successful Italian appearance at the French meeting. Battocletti’s next planned race was the national cross-country championship in Selinunte, followed by preparations for the World Indoor Championships in Torun.
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