ROME (ITALPRESS) – Silver smiles in Torremolinos, Andalusia, on Spain’s southern coast for the Italian Paratriathlon. The two Italian women from Italy, Francesca Tarantello and her guide Silvia Visaggi (Valdigne Triathlon), after a 750-meter-long fight in swimming, 20km of cycling and 5km of running are the new vice world champions in the PTVI category and confirm their place at the top of the PTWC category in the world after the 2023 title in Pontevedra and the prestigious silver medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. Victory in the PTVI categoira went to the reigning Olympic champion, Spain’s Susana Rodriguez, who dominated the world competition held with the support of the Spanish public. Silver for the two Italian women athletes. In third place was bronze for Brazilian athlete Leticia Freitas, who thus won her first world medal. In the PTWC category, Italy’s Giuseppe Romele (G.S. Fiamme Azzurre – Pol. Disabili Valcamonica) finished his race in fourth place behind the new world champion, the strong reigning Olympian Jetze Plat (Ned) who dominated the race and the Austrian duo Florian Brungraber and Thomas Fruehwirth, second and third respectively, who overtook the Italian in the handbike fraction. In the PTS4 category, the world debut of Michele Pasquazzo of the Feniks Team company ended with a 12th position in the race won by Paralympic category champion Alexis Hanquinquant from France over Spaniard Nil Riudavets Victory and compatriot Pierre-Antoine Baele. Azzurra Carancini (PTS5) of Team Ladispoli, also making her world debut and bronze in the recent World Cup in Alhandra, finished eighth. Victory for American Grace Norman, Paralympic champion in Paris, over Britain’s Claire Cashmore and Lauren Steadman.- Photo Fitri Press Office -(ITALPRESS).
