Also this week-end a lot of activity in Europe.
In Dudince Saturday there will be the traditional international race on the 50km and 20 km men and women.
In Italy they will be held in Cassino the Italian Championships of 20km road walk.
Touching will be the race of 20km women with the Annarita Sidoti Trophy will awarding the winner of the women, just two days after the onset in Italian cinemas of the document film about the life of the Athens 1995 World Champion who unfortunately died prematurely.
The organizers of Kronos have prepared a new circuit in the center of Cassino with alla the standards for the entry in the World Championships in London in 2017, and also the jury will be integrated by three judges International (one of IAAF level and two EA-level).
20km men
The victory will be a game probably to four: Federico Tontodonati, Marco De Luca, Giorgio Rubino and Francesco Fortunato.
The personal best of Tontodonati and Fortunato were obtained just in Cassino in previous years, while that of De Luca was set last year in Rio Maior (POR). The times are all so close in an handkerchief (1:01).
Do not, however, underestimate the return of Giorgio Rubino (PB of 1:19:38 obtained in Rio Maior on Aprili 4, 2009) now coached by Giovanni De Benedictis.
Other athletes good players woulb be Teodorico Caporaso, Andrea Agrusti, Michele Antonelli and the young Gianluca Picchiottino.
20km women
They will be absent for different reasons Eleonora Anna Giorgi (in recovery after the surgery) and Antonella Palmisano (back to the races in late spring) the best personal best best is to Valentina Trapletti (1:31:28 established in Alythus, LTU on June 10, 2016) .
The title of Italian champion should not escape to the athlete coached by Enzo Fiorillo who ha to fight with Sibilla Di Vincenzo.
The technical gap, however, is all in favor of the first as the Di Vincenzo last year have recorded only a time of 1:33:30 just in Cassino (March 20,2016) while this year in Grosseto in late January she got the win in 1:40:06.
In the U20 category, participation is quite high.
Among the 25 athletes entered in the men's race stands out above all the name of Giacomo Brandi (PD of 1:27:02 obtained in Cassino in the previous edition).
Among women (16 athletes enrtered) the race should live in the fight between the twins Anthea and Angelica Mirabello and Annalisa Russo.
A mention of the 10km category U18.
Over 34 boys are entered. In this race, the favorites should be Riccardo Orsoni and Davide Finocchietti with third wheel Giorgio Giuliani.
In the girls they are 32 entered. The best PB is that of Andrada Lavinia Lacatus (51:45) followed by Alessia Mastronicola and Alessandra Lentini.