Very hot day in Jesolo for the first day of the U23 Mediterranean Championships.
10,000m men's track walk
Departure on the rhythm of 4:12/km with the favorite in the group: Gianluca Picchiottino (ITA), Stefano Chiesa (ITA), Manuel Bermudez (ESP), Ivan Lopez (ESP), Georgios Tzatzimakis (GRE) and Salih Korkmaz ( TUR).
In the first 5km in addition to the usual initial skirmishes with the usual variations at the head of the race happens very little.
These are the steps every 1,000m:
- 1,000m: 4:12.4
- 2.000m: 8:26.9
- 3.000m: 12:45.1
- 4.000m: 17:06.1
- 5.000m: 21:09.4
The technical situation sees at halfway, Stefano Chiesa (ITA) burdened with one red card, while Georgios Tzatzimakis (GRE) and Salih Korkmaz (TUR) have two.
Towards 6.000 meters, Stefano Chiesa (ITA) for es the pace but he Washington immediately joined by Gianluca Picchiottino (ITA) and Martin Bermudez (ESP). Picchiottino goes to lead, but it's a straw fire. Stefano Chiesa forces again the pace and in one round everything changes.
The race for the victory is over. Stefano Chiesa will no longer be reached.
Instead, the race is interesting for the other podium positions.
Manuel Bermudez got the better of Gianluca Picchiottino, while Georgios Tzatzimakis was disqualified.
Victory to Stefano Chiesa (ITA) in 41:09.10
Second place for Manuel Bermudez (ESP) in 41:14.24
Third place for Gianluca Picchiottino (ITA) in 42:16.60
10,000m women's track walk
They go immediately to lead in four: Lidia Sanchez-Puebla (ESP), Chahinez Nasri (TUN), Edna Barros (POR) and Eleonora Dominici (ITA).
The Italian will come off very soon.
They pass halfway through the race in 22:29.3 with the Spanish Athlétique in slight advantage on the Tunisian which presents some technical problems.
Lidia Sanchez-Puebla (ESP) continues with her pace and, as expected, goes on to win in 45:13.73
Second place for Chahinez Nasri (TUN) in 45:50.19
Third place for Edna Barros (POR) in 46:05.42
However, despite the heat, Lidia Sanchez-Puebla set the best world performance of the season on distance.
Below is the updated list of the top ten athletes.