For editorial choice Marcia dal Mondo does not deal with the activity of the world race walk Master; such kind of news is followed very well by our friends of Portuguese Blog O'Marchador.

Today, however, we want to make an exception in the name of Giuliana Salce.

Today, after 28 years since his last international victory obtained in an indoor race of 3.000m in Genoa, 1987 with a time of 13:13 the Roman walker took off the satisfaction of winning the European Master Championships Non Stadia in Grosseto on the distance of 10km road walk, covering the distance in a time of 57:19 and competing in the category of W55, while she is the threshold of 60 years (her 60th birthday will be on June 16th).

As not enough she also highly contributed to gold in teams (age group W55) together with Daniela Ricciutelli (2nd in 58:15) and Maria Paola Formiconi (3rd in 1:02:31).

Giuliana Salce, for those who do not remember was the first Italian walker of world level.

She has won 12 Italian titles and have had 17 presences in the National Italian Team.

Giuliana Salce was a specialist in indoor races in which she won a world title in 1985 in Paris with a time of 12:53.42, a world silver in Indianapolis in 1987 with a time of 12:36.76 and a silver at the European Indoor Championships in Lievin in 1987 with a time of 12:59.11.

On 10km road walk she has a personal best of 47:28 obtained in Rome on Sep. 1, 1987,

Athlete from troubled and turbulent career after race walking she dedicated to cycling in 1999, aged forty-four, competing in cycling master category, and once coming into this environment she was proposed to take drugs.

Giuliana accept, but the death of the cyclist Marco Pantani, which took place February 14, 2004, convinces her to do outing and from there start a personal battle against doping using the media and writing a book, for Bradipolibri in collaboration with journalist Fabrizio Calzia, always attentive to the phenomenon of doping in sport.

Today, his new victory: congratulations.