Val Gardena will be the venue for the U18 all-around Italian championships this weekend

On June 28th and 29th, the U18 Italian Championships for heptathletes and decathletes will be held at the athletics facility in St. Christina in Val Gardena. In the men's race, Marco Leone from Lecco (5924 points) and the Lombard Nicolas Pascucci (5923) are the two top favorites after Francesco Lama from Imola, who has already scored 6297 points this year, will not start. There are also no South Tyroleans at the start. Jim Folajin Fonseca from Brixen, who scored 5515 points at the Brixia Meeting three weeks ago, is also not registered.

Three South Tyrolean women in the heptathlon

Three local athletes are taking part in the women's competition: the Bolzano women Alessandra Realdon (4024 points) and Isabel Eccli (3622) as well as local hero Silvia Demetz, who came third at the youth regional championships at the end of April and at the Brixia almost two weeks ago Meeting ranked seventh. In the cathedral city, the Val Gardena woman improved her personal best in the heptathlon to 3922 points. South Tyrol's currently best all-rounder in the U18 age group, Martina Gatscher, is also registered, but has to sit out injured. The 16-year-old from Lana just scored 4103 points on her home track in Lana two months ago. The favorite for the title is Mariaelena Agostini from Veneto (4950 points).

After 2007 and 2012, St. Christina is this year the venue for a U18 all-around Italian championship for the third time. The starting signal will be fired on Saturday, June 28th at 11.30:9.30 a.m. On Sunday, however, the competition starts at XNUMX:XNUMX a.m.

Program of the U18 all-around Italian championship in St. Christina:

Saturday June 28th 11.30 a.m.: 100 m boys from 12.30 p.m.: Long jump boys followed by shot, high jump, 400 m boys and 100 m hurdles girls, followed by high jump, shot and 200 m girls

Sunday June 29rd: from 9.30 a.m.: 110 m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1500 m boys 10.15:800 a.m.: Long jump, javelin and XNUMX m girls

List of Participants

women's 1. Mariaelena Agostini (Atletica Libertas SANP) 4950 points 2. Nicla Mosetti (CUS Trieste) 4681 3. Maite Vanucci (CUS Bologna) 4556 4. Alice Lunardon (Fiamme Oro Padova) 4497 5. Sofia Ronchetti (Atletica Vigevano) 4429 6. Stefania Barbiero (Atletica Riviera Del Brenta) 4159 7. Martina Gatscher (SV Lana) 4103 10. Alessandra Realdon (Bozen Running Club) 4024 13. Silvia Demetz (Atletica Gherdeina) 3922 24. Isabel Eccli (Bozen Running Club) 3622

Men 1. Marco Leone (Atletica Lecco) 5924 2. Nicolas Pascucci (Team A Lombardia) 5923 3. Nicola Cesca (Atletica Macerata) 5819 4. Umberto Tettamanzi (Atletica Monza) 5504 5. Andrea Foresi (Atletica Livorno) 5482 6. Jacopo Cuculo (Atletica Piemonte) 5365

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Val Gardena will be the venue for the U18 all-around Italian championships this weekend

In St. Christina this weekend the all-around athletes will determine their Italian champions in the U18 age group. From Saturday to Sunday, over 50 young hopefuls will meet on the Val Gardena railway at 1200 m above sea level.

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