Molinarolo wins in Miramas with a season-best vault

Elisa Molinarolo won the women’s pole vault at the Miramas indoor meeting with 4.48. She cleared the winning height on her second attempt, improving her previous season best of 4.40.

Her sequence included clean clearances at 4.13, 4.28 and 4.38 before the decisive height. Once she was the only athlete remaining, three attempts at 4.61 were unsuccessful. Virginia Scardanzan finished fourth with 4.13.

Lorenzo Simonelli opened his 60-metre hurdles season at the same meeting. After 7.80 in the heat, he won the B final in 7.70. Oliver Mulas finished behind him in 7.72, a personal best that moved him to third on Italy’s under-23 all-time list.