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Orsoni and Fiorini win Italy’s first half-marathon walk titles
The new international distance made its national championship debut in Alessandria.
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Riccardo Orsoni and Sofia Fiorini won the inaugural Italian half-marathon race-walk championships in Alessandria. The 21.097-kilometre distance entered the international programme this year, with Orsoni finishing in 1:24:30 and Fiorini taking the women’s title in 1:34:20.
Orsoni accelerated around seventeen kilometres to leave Gianluca Picchiottino, who placed second in 1:25:27. Michele Antonelli completed the men’s podium in 1:29:07. Fiorini secured her second senior national title of the season ahead of Alexandrina Mihai and Michelle Cantò.
The meeting also introduced under-twenty road championships over ten kilometres. Alessio Coppola won the men’s race in 40:59, while Serena Di Fabio’s 44:17 led the women, finishing nine seconds outside her Italian age-group record.
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