This weekend, the Italian U20 and U23 Championships will take place in Florence.
Race schedules will have the following time:
- Friday, June 9: at 19:30 the 10,000m track walk men
- Saturday, June 10: at 9:00 the 10,000m track walk women
10,000m track walk U20 men
There are 25 entered athletes.
For the victory the favorites are Davide Marchesi and Giacomo Brandi.
These are their best personal on different distances.
| Athlete | 5.000 track - Year | 10.000 track - Year | 10km road - Year |
| | | | |
| MARCHESI Davide | 21:42.16 - 2016 | 43:29.41 - 2017 | 45:18 - 2016 |
| BRANDI Giacomo | 21:30.67 - 2014 | 42:19.49 - 2016 | 41:44 - 2016 |
For other medals the fight should be narrowed between Nicola Fanelli (44: 25.72), Attilio Trapasso (44:31:23) and Fabio Barattini (44: 41.03)
10,000m track walk U23 men
There are 11 entered athletes.
For the victory, the favorite is Gianluca Picchiotino, who with the best personal best of 39: 49.26 is by far the best athlete in the lot.
For other medals the fight should be between Gregorio Angelini, Stefano Chiesa and Stefano Mansutti.
These are their personal best on different distances.
| Athlete | 20km road - Year | 10.000 track - Year | 10km road - Year |
| | | | |
| ANGELINI Gregorio | 1:27:37 - 2017 | 41:28.20 - 2017 | 42:22 - 2015 |
| CHIESA Stefano | 1:25:48 - 2017 | 41:45.24 - 2017 | 44:45 - 2016 |
| MANSUTTIi Stefano | 1:29:23 - 2017 | 43:33.62 - 2017 | 44:50 - 2014 |
10.000m track walk U20 women
There are 25 entered athletes.
The fight for the victory and the color of the medals should be restricted between three athletes: Annalisa Russo, Anthea and Angelica Mirabello who recently competed in the Europa Cup in Podebrady.
These are their best personal at different distances.
| Athlete | 5.000 track - Year | 10.000 track - Year | 10km road - Year |
| | | | |
| RUSSO Annalisa | 23:58.88 - 2017 | 50:16:52 - 2017 | 50:33 - 2017 |
| MIRABELLO Anthea | 24:03.2 - 2016 | 50:43.24 - 2017 | 49:23 - 2016 |
| MIRABELLO Angelica | 24:12.63 - 2016 | 51:44.49 - 2017 | 50:42 - 2016 |
10,000m track walk U23 women
There are 18 entered athletes.
This is supposed to be the most interesting race in our opinion.
We use the conditional because we do not know if the two Lazio athletes, Diana Cacciotti, coached by Sandro Bellucci, and Eleonora Dominici, coached by Alba Milana, will be able to dispose of the fatigue of the beautiful race last Saturday at the IAAF Challenge in Coruna where they broke their personal best and also obtained a good placement.
Those who certainly will have missed the efforts of the previous 20km of European Cup in Podebrady (1:37:26) at the beginning of the month will be Nicole Colombi, coached by Renato Cortinovis.
Victory should therefore be a matter of three.
For other medals as outsiders we also see Lidia Barcella (48:55.08).
| Athlete | 20km road - Year | 10.000 track - Year | 10km road - Year |
| | | | |
| CACCIOTTI Diana | 1:34:59 - 2017 | 46:37.05 - 2017 | 48:54 - 2015 |
| DOMINICI Eleonora | 1:35:41 - 2017 | 46:21.49 - 2016 | 47:37 - 2014 |
| CCOLOMBI Nicole | 1:33:39 - 2016 | 47:21.53 - 2016 | 48:22 - 2014 |
Interesting curiosity is that the personal bests of Eleonora Dominici and Nicole Colombi have all been made in international competitions
- Dominici: 20km in La Coruna (ESP), 10,000m track in Eskilstuna (SWE), 10km road in Taicang (CHN)
- Colombi: 20km in Podebrady (CZE), 10,000m track in Tunis (TUN), 10km road in Taicang (CHN)
while Cacciotti in La Coruna is the one who made the biggest leap in quality: from 1:44:08 of Canania 2016 to 1:34:59 last Saturday (-9:09).
There can be no better demonstration than competing abroad and measuring with the international world stimulates to make it better and better.
Diana Cacciotti (132) and Eleonora Dominici (133) in the call room of La Coruna