20/06/2018   Italian Clubs Championships this weekend






Intense weekend in Italy where the Clubs Track Championship Finals will take place with the walking events.
 
The finals are as follows:
- Gold final in Modena with 10,000m ytaco walk for men and 5,000m track walk for women
- Silver final in Bergamo: both events will take place on the 5.000m track walk
- Bronze final in Sulmona: both events will take place on the 5.000m track walk
- Final B in Tivoli: both events will take place on the 5.000m track walk.
 
 
10.000m track walk men
 
There is only one big favorite: Leonardo Dei Tos who proposes himself with a time (41:07.73) of over 1:10 lower than that of the most important rival, Vito Di Bari (42:18.79)
For the third place the fight will be between Ettore Grillo (42:48.82) and Riccardo Orsoni (43:59.30)
 
 
5.000m track walk women
 
In Modena, in the gold final, Valentina Trapletti (PB: 21:40,45 - 2016), Nicole Colombi (PB: 22:12.69 - 2017) and Diana Cacciotti (PB: 22:52:25 - 2015) will compete.
The other interesting athlete (who is proposing and is preparing a path that should lead to the 50km of Berlin 2018) is Mariavittoria Becchetti (PB: 22:35.50 - 2015) who will compete in Sulmona.
In the other two locations the best accredited athletes do not have enough high level performances to be able to worry about the four indicated.
 
 
5.000m track walk men
 
It will seem strange but in Bergamo, in the silver final, the most interesting race should take place, perhaps even more compared to that of the gold final at 10,000m.
Stefano Chiesa (PB: 19:55.18 - 2017), Federico Tontodonati (PB: 19:26.86 - 2017) and Massimo Stano (PB: 19:52.74 - 2013). will be at the start. In particular the latter two should be candidates for victory.
Of interest in Sulmona should be the race of Giacomo Brandi (PB: 21:30.67 - 2014).
 
Returning to the most interesting race, that of Bergamo, in our opinion the challenge for the first position should be more concerning:
- Federico Tontodonati, who has never finished the race with a performance above 20:00.00 on 5,000m track walk from 2015 to today
- Massimo Stano who instead has a single performance of less than 20: 00.00 (that of his personal best obtained at Sulmona on Sep. 28, 2013).