Walking: Sara Buglisi under 50 minutes for the first time

In Podebrady, Italy met the national teams from France, Ireland, Lithuania, Hungary and Slovakia. Walkers from Mexico, Great Britain, Germany, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway and Puerto Rico also took part in the 10 km competition in the U20 age group. A total of 38 walkers took part.

The victory went to the young Mexican Karla Serrano, one of the world's greatest talents in this discipline. Next Sunday she will only be 15, on Saturday she came out on top with a very good time of 47:36 minutes, clearly ahead of the U20 Italian champion Andrada Lavinia Lacatus (48:13) and her teammate Sofia Ramos (48:20). The Frenchwoman Pauline Stey came fourth (48:27), ahead of the surprisingly strong Sara Buglisi.

The 18-year-old, who is coached by Hans Ladurner, completed the 10 km in 49:27 minutes, improving her personal best by an incredible 1.36 minutes. Buglisi stayed under the 50-minute mark for the first time. The last kilometer was particularly strong, which she walked in 4.46 minutes. The Merano native also took second place in the team ranking with her national team colleagues Simona Bertini from Bologna (6th in 49.41 minutes) and Camilla Gatti from Ancona (8th in 50.05), behind France. The result of Lacatus, who was born in Romania, did not count in this ranking because she has not yet received Italian citizenship.

Buglisi will now prepare for the next important international competitions: the European Cup in Alytus in Lithuania on May 19th and the Junior European Championships in Boras, Sweden from July 18th to 21st.

International walking competition Podebrady (April 6, 2019) 10 km walk - U20, junior women 1. Karla Serrano (MEX) 47:36 2. Andrada Lavinia Lacatus (ITA) 48:13 3. Sofia Ramos (MEX) 48:20 4. Pauline Stey (FRA) 48:27 5. Sara Buglisi (ITA/Meran) 49:27 6. Simona Bertini (ITA) 49:41 7. Camille Moutard (FRA) 49:56 8. Camilla Gatti (ITA) 50:05 9. Niamh O'Connor (IRL) 50:10 10. Maële Biré-Heslouis (FRA) 50:36

Team ranking: 1. France 5 points 2. Italy (Buglisi, Bertini, Gatti) 5 3. Hungary 20 4. Slovakia 21 5. Ireland 22 6. Lithuania 22

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Walking: Sara Buglisi under 50 minutes for the first time

On her debut with the Italian national team, 18-year-old Sara Buglisi finished the junior women's 10 km competition in 5th place in an excellent 49.27 minutes, staying under 50 minutes for the first time in her career.

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