ROME (ITALPRESS) – Italian success in Antalya, Turkey, at the European Cross Championships. The Azzurri of the mixed relay in the cross can rejoice for another gold medal after the one centered two years ago in Venaria Reale. Sebastiano ‘Parò Parolini debuts in the overall jersey without fear, giving up the bracelet (which basically counts as a baton) in fourth position, but in fact glued to everyone else. Marta Zenoni gives the race a first tug, takes advantage of Great Britain, and it is only Andorra who overtakes her near the changeover, but with the men’s fraction the only ones to choose her. It’s time for Sintayehu Vissa, the Italian 1500 record holder, who makes a head race and then resists the comeback of GB and France in the final. It is here that the work of Pietro Arese, who in the 1500 is an Olympic finalist, European bronze medalist and Italian record-holder, begins: initially he lets French fractionalist Simon Bedard do his thing, then in the long final straight he finds the energy to win a thrilling shoulder-to-shoulder sprint with the transalpine and Britain’s Tyler Bilyard.
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