ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Italian record for Iliass Aouani in Tokyo. In the city of world bronze, the blue carries our marathon for the first time under two hours and five minutes: 2h04’26” is the time with which in the Italian night almost a minute the national primacy that belonged to Yohanes Chiappinelli from December 2024 (2h05’24” in Valencia). Aouani is better than 100 exact seconds, one minute and forty, than the previous staff of 2h06:06 always course in Valencia in 2024 and resumes the Italian record that had held for almost a year between 2023 and 2024. He also lands with decision in the top ten of all time, in seventh place, fifty seconds from the Belgian mainland primatist Bashir Abdi (2h03’36”). In the Japanese capital the victory is for the Ethiopian Tadese Takele (2h03’37”) in a flying arrival on the Kenyans Geoffrey Toroitich (2h03’38) and Alexander Mutiso (2h03’38”). Sixth square for the color holder of the Blue Flames. Women’s success for Kenyan Brigid Kosgei with 2h14’29”. “Finally a chrono that gives me the respect that merit – the words of Iliass Aouani on the phone from Japan to Fidal – I had won medals, of course, but not having them still sided with an important timely performance bothered me. Now there is, and I know that I can be at least 2h03, but it is good to improve step by step. Unfortunately I had cramps at both calves in the last five kilometers, and in particular in the last 2 km was something ‘from panicò, I thought I would fall to the ground. It is a problem that we will have to settle for the future. The action of my rivals at the 37th kilometre was a bit too expensive for me, but in general I can say I managed the race well. Going back to Tokyo was beautiful, I felt a ‘bottle of Italians on the path to be a fan for me, besides my coach Massimo Magnani and my manager Marcello Magnani. I will return to Italy happy, full. Ready to think about the Europeans of Birmingham in August, on distance still to be defined, and to the Worlds of Road Racing in Copenhagen in September,” he concludes.
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