ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Returns, even in 2026, the appointment with the Trofeo Lido Filippi, the national and international circuit of Beach Sprint promoted by the Federazione Italiana Canottaggio with the contribution of the Filippi Boats yard. First stop from tomorrow to Sunday in Mondello, followed by Fano (17-19 April), Bacoli (8-10 May) and Marina di Castagneto (5-7 June). The event, starting in 2025, takes on increasing importance due to the inclusion of the beach sprint in the program of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The estimate in the four stages previews the total presence of 1500 athletes coming from about twenty nations. The Italian clubs will compete to win the prestigious “Filippi Trophy”, assigned to the club that will score the most after all four stages. It is open hunting at the Rowing Club Peloro, winner in 2025. In the final stage of Marina di Castagneto, the best classified athletes will divide the total prize pool of twenty thousand euros. “The Beach Sprint is growing in Italy and the commitment of our Federation will be increasingly strong both in the competitive and promotional phase – says Rossano Galtarossa, president of the Italian Federation of Canoeing – we thank all COL for the commitment and especially our partner Filippi Boats for the daily closeness in federal activities and, in particular, for the extraordinary support provided in the organization of this national and international circuit”. “I would first like to highlight the effort produced by the Local Organizing Committees, under the auspices of the FIC, to make the edition 2026 of the Filippi Trophy, in memory of my father Lido, even more compelling and competitive – are words of David Filippi, manager of the Filippi Boats yard – The first stage of Mondello already testifies a trend of growth, with a participation destined to increase in the successive nations thanks to the presence of The will shared with the FIC to pass from a national to international event is rewarded by the facts.” Single male, single female, double male, double female, four pair with mixed helmsman. These are the specialties of a program open to athletes of all ages and abilities: Under 19, Under 23, University, Senior and Master. Among the members of the first test of Mondello, are the top names of the Blue Beach Sprint. Note the appearances in single and in the double mix of Federico Ceccarino (Fiamme Gialle-CC Napoli) and Federica Cesarini (Fiamme Oro-Gavirate), that is the double Mix holder to the last World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals in Turkey, as well as of Ilaria Bavazzano (CS Urania) and Maria Elena Zerboni (CC Saturnia), both blue last year to Antalya in the four pair mix. Present, always from the blue expedition to the 2025 World Championships, also Lucio Fugazzotto (Fiamme Gialle-Peloro Rowing) and Andrea Sciavicco Fasano (Peloro Rowing), both bronze last year – the first single, the second in the double male – with Fugazzotto debuting among the Seniors. Not to be underestimated also the presence of other athletes and athletes in light in recent years with the uniform of the National, such as Silvia Tripi (CC Napoli, medal at the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals of Genoa in 2024 in the double Mix with Ceccarino), Alice Ramella (SC Santo Stefano), Silvia Messina (Peloro Rowing), Michelangelo Quaranta (CC Barion), Lucio Cozzolino (CC Irno), Gabriele Lo, in competition with the colors of the Swiss of the RC Erlenbach, trained by him). From abroad, the great specialists of the beach sprint medal in 2025 at the World Cup specialty on boats that will be protagonists of the American Olympiad of 2028, that is the single male and female and the double mixed. From the French Mathis Nottelet to the Spanish Ander Martin, respectively gold and bronze medal at the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals 2025 in the single male, passing through the Austrian Magdalena Lobnig, bronze in the single female in Antalya but also at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, always in the single female. Also present are both world champions of the double mix of Lithuania, Dominykas Jancionis and Martyna Kazlauskaite. On the other hand, coming to the 2025 iridescent podium of the four pair with mixed timoniere – non-olympic specialties – present three fifths of the Spanish armo Vicecampione mondiale, that is Maria Angeles Macian Martinez, Maialen Mielgo Rodero and Miguel Salas Cordoba. Also from Spain, Adrian Miramon Quiroga, multi-faceted decorated both in the beach sprint and in the coastal rowing. After the stage of Mondello, organized by Canottieri Mondello in collaboration with the Club Roggero di Lauria and the Regional Committee Sicily, the Trofeo Filippi will see protagonists Fano (organization Club Nautico Fanese “Geremia Viviani”), Bacoli (organisation SC Nesis in collaboration with the Regional Committee Campania) and Marina Castagneto Carducci (organization Nautico Donoratico and Filippi Boats). The Italian beach sprint championships will be hosted by Barletta (organization LNI Barletta) on the weekend from 17 to 19 July.– Photo Pagliaricci/Canottaggio. org – (ITALPRESS).
