Sara Buglisi sets new Italian record over 5 km

The 19-year-old from the Merano sports club finished the 5 km race in third place in 23.01 minutes. The Azzurra thus set a new U20 Italian record. In Minsk, Italy met the hosts from Belarus as well as the national teams from Azerbaijan, Estonia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine. A total of 5 walkers took part in the 20 km competition in the U10 age group. The victory went to the Turkish junior vice-European champion Evin Demir, one of the world's greatest talents in this discipline. Nine days ago she turned 19, today she came out on top with a very good time of 22.40 minutes, just ahead of host Hanna Zubkova (22.44 minutes). The South Tyrolean walking ace Sara Buglisi completed the podium. The 19-year-old from Merano, who is coached by Hans Ladurner, completed the 5 km in 23.01,8:1.57 minutes and not only improved her personal best by an incredible 20:1983 minutes, but also set a new U5 Italian record. The previous record was held by Valeria Carpanese, who completed the 23.54.71 km in XNUMX:XNUMX:XNUMX minutes in XNUMX. Buglisi will now prepare for the next important international competitions: the Junior World Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, are on the program from July 7th to 12th, where the Merano native also wants to take part. U20 international athletics competition Minsk (February 25, 2020) 5 km walk - U20, junior women: 1. Evin Demir (TUR) 22.40 minutes 2. Hanna Zubkova (BLR) 22.44 3. Sara Buglisi (ITA/Meran) 23.01 4. Dana Marozava (BLR) 23.14 5. Yekaterina Mirotvortseva (EST) 23.31 6. Ana Pulgarin (ESP) 24.43 7. Kristina Morozova (KAZ) 25.20 8. Kateryna Tokarchuk (UKR) 26.00 9. Julia Kowalska (POL) 26.03 10. Adrija Meskauskaite (LTU) disqualified

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Sara Buglisi sets new Italian record over 5 km

The Merano walker Sara Buglisi showed an excellent performance on Wednesday afternoon at the U20 international competition in Minsk, Belarus.

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