08/09/2018   Pescara (ITA) - Antonella Palmisano and Massimo Stano Italian Champions






The walking races begin in Pescara's waterfront in the rain.
 
 
10km women
 
Quiet departure.
The passage to 1km sees in the head Antonella Palmisano and Valentina Trapletti in 4:38
The couple continues to agree with the following split times
- 2km: 4:37 (9:15)
- 3km 4:38 (13:53)
- 4km: 4:38 (18:31)
- 5km: 4:40 (23:11)
 
 

 
 
Behind them the couple formed by Diana Cacciotti and Fatima Lotfi with these split times
- 1km: 5:01
- 2km: 4:39 (9:40)
- 3km 4:44 (14:24)
- 4km: 4:45 (19:09)
- 5km: 4:44 (23:53)
 
Even after half the race the two leaders continue by mutual agreement
- 6km in 4:28 (27:39)
Immediately after Antonella Palmisano increases the pace and the two cover the following km in 4:22 (32:01).
The bronze fight between Diana Cacciotti and Fatima Lotfi after a pass to the 6km in 4:34 suffers a backlash for the disqualification of the athlete coached by Sandro Bellucci, while Fatima Lotfi remains only in third place.
 
The passage at 8km sees the change of pace of Antonella Palmisano
- 8km: 4:21 (36:22)
- 9km 4:27 (40:49)
while Valentina Trapletti covers the same distances in
- 8km: 4:27 (36:28)
- 9km 4:28 (40:56)
and behind them Fatima Lotfi
- 7km: 4:41 (33:08)
- 8km: 4:38 (37:46)
- 9km 4:40 (42:26)
 
Victory to Antonella Palmisano in 45:15 (last km in 4:26)
Second place to Valentina Trapletti in 45:33 (last km in 4:37)
Third place to Fatima Lotfi in 47.01 (last km in 4:35)

 

 


 

 

10km men
 
 
Departure under the incessant rain.
The favorites are immediately in the lead: Massimo Stano, Federico Tontodonati, Stefano Chiesa and Gianluca Picchiottino.
 
Shortly before the 3km (1km: 3:53 - 2km: 7:48) Stano forces the pace and passes to 3km in the following order
- Stano: 11:43
- Tontodonati: 11:51
- Chiesa: 11:53
- Picchiottino: 11:55
 
The next km is covered by Massimo Stano in 3:57 and his passage to 4km is 15:40
Followed by Tondonati (15:55), Picchiottino (16:01), while losing a few meters Stefano Chiesa (16:06).
At the halfway point the situation is as follows:
- Stano: 19:39 
- Tontodonati: 19:53
- Picchiottino: 19:55
- Chiesa: 20:11
followed by Francesco Fortunato (20:25).
 
At 7km is still in the lead Massimo Stano (27:36) but the second place comeback Giuanluca Picchiottino (27:47) (7:52 in the last 2km).
At 8km the advantage of Stano on Picchiottino is only 7".
 
 

 
 
 
The last 2km are exciting.
Between 8 and 9Km Gianluca Picchiottino (3:52) tries to catch Massimo Stano (3:56) but he only gets to 3".
Meanwhile Francesco Fortunato reaches the third position.
 
On the last lap Massimo Stano relies on his prestigy and wins in 39:19.
Second place to Gianluca Picchiottino in 39:26.
These two results represent the two best world performances of 2018 on 10km road walk.
Third place to Francesco Fortunato in 40:03.
For the latter an unprecedented little satisfaction: to compete in an Italian Championship together with his former coach and discoverer, Antonio "Tonino" Lopetuso, a well-known name of Italian race walk of the seventies, which today ended (at the age of 60th) the race in 52:48.
 
Fourth Federico Tontodonati in 40:18 and fifth Andrea Agrusti in 41:15.
 
Below the updated world top list (first 20 athletes) on the distance of 10km men
 
 
  MARK COMPETITOR DOB NAT VENUE DATE
             
39:19 Massimo STANO 27 FEB 1992 ITAITA Pescara (ITA) 07 SEP 2018
39:26 Gianluca PICCHIOTTINO 22 AUG 1996 ITAITA Pescara (ITA) 07 SEP 2018
39:51 Isaac PALMA OLIVARES 26 OCT 1990 MEXMEX Coatzacoalcos (MEX) 25 AUG 2018
39:55 César Augusto RODRÍGUEZ 26 JUN 1997 PERPER Lima (PER) 20 JUL 2018
40:01 Aleksey GOLOVIN 24 DEC 1988 RUSRUS Podolsk (RUS) 06 MAY 2018
40:03 Francesco FORTUNATO 13 DEC 1994 ITAITA Pescara (ITA) 07 SEP 2018
40:05 Luis CAMPOS 11 OCT 1995 PERPER Lima (PER) 20 JUL 2018
40:07 Yao ZHANG 11 JAN 2000 CHNCHN Taicang (CHN) 05 MAY 2018
40:12 Zhaozhao WANG 01 SEP 1999 CHNCHN Taicang (CHN) 05 MAY 2018
10  40:14 Hiroto JUSHO 11 JAN 2000 JPNJPN Kobe (JPN) 18 FEB 2018
11  40:17 José ORTIZ 08 MAR 2000 GUAGUA Taicang (CHN) 05 MAY 2018
12  40:18 Federico TONTODONATI 30 OCT 1989 ITAITA Pescara (ITA) 07 SEP 2018
13  40:21 Takumi SUZUKI 14 JAN 1999 JPNJPN Kobe (JPN) 18 FEB 2018
14  40:22 Dawid TOMALA 27 AUG 1989 POLPOL Olomouc (CZE) 30 MAR 2018
15  40:24 Salavat ILKAYEV 14 SEP 2000 ANAANA Sochi (RUS) 18 FEB 2018
15  40:24 Shuai SUN 15 SEP 1999 CHNCHN Taicang (CHN) 05 MAY 2018
17  40:30 Sho SAKAZAKI 22 FEB 1999 JPNJPN Wajima (JPN) 14 APR 2018
18  40:32 Tatsuhiko NAGAYAMA 24 DEC 1999 JPNJPN Wajima (JPN) 14 APR 2018
19  40:39 Mikita KALIADA 15 JUL 2000 BLRBLR Gomel (BLR) 04 APR 2018
20  40:41 Sergey RAKOV 13 JUN 1999 RUSRUS Sochi (RUS) 18 FEB 2018