SAN GIORGIO SU LEGNANO (MILAN) (ITALPRESS) – Campaccio wet, Campaccio lucky. Especially for Italy’s Nadia Battocletti (Fiamme Azzurre) who won the 68th Campaccio Cross Country and puts an Italian athlete back on the top step of the podium after thirty-one years, the last being Silvia Sommaggio in 1994.The 24-year-old from Trento, Olympic silver medalist in Paris in the 10.000 and European cross-country champion, dominated one of the most important races in the world, a ‘Gold’ stage of the Cross Country Tour World Athletics circuit.On a cold and rainy day Nadia Battocletti won by finishing the three laps of the circuit, 6 km total, in 21’14” preceding Elisa Palmero (CS Esercito), runner-up in 21’58”. Third step of the podium for Finland’s Susanna Saapunki who finished in 22’06”. “Today I felt like I was back to the races I did as a little girl, with the rainy and cold weather, which, however, is what I prefer and has its great charm in cross-country races – her words at the finish line – This Campaccio with the course variations of this edition was even more technical, a higher level of difficulty that made it even more fun. An honor to have won this wonderful race, last year I had come so close, I like that the public enjoyed it as well as myself thanks to the cheering throughout the course.” For the Trentino cross-country runner, “Campaccio is the family race because between me and my dad Giuliano, who has participated so many times, we can put together so many goals. I used to come with him when he competed and I was a child, and then from 2013 onward I competed every year,” she says. “In 2024 Campaccio brought me luck, so much so that I won Olympic silver and many other medals. In my dreams for this 2025 I put health first, because in recent times it has been a bit shaky, I will decide together with my staff and my dad, who is also my coach, the races to do. The biggest goal is the world championships in September in Tokyo.” – photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
