Fantastic Sunday for Italy at the European Running European Championships. After the triumph of Nadia Battocletti in the 10 km women, blue gold also in the marathon in Lovanio, Belgium, with the victory of Iliass Aouani after a magnificent sprint. It is the great day of the Milanese engineer, author of a protagonist race, always in the head positions before the decisive action to close in 2h09: 05 by beating three Israelis: Gashau Ayale (2h09: 08), passed in the final duel, then the world vice champion Maru Teferi, bronze in 2h09: 17, and Haimro Alame, fourth with 2h09: 27.
Second blue of all time with 2h06: 06 last December in Valencia and just national record holder (2h07: 16 in 2023 in Barcelona), the 29 -year -old trained in Ferrara by Massimo Magnani captures the most important result of his career. In the male marathon for Italy Aouani is the sixth European gold of history, after those of Gelindo Bordin (1986 and 1990), Stefano Baldini (1998 and 2006) and Daniele Meucci (2014).
For the first time the title is awarded in a dedicated review that becomes very rich in blue medals: 6 in total with three golds (also Nadia Battocletti and the women’s team in the 10 km), a silver and two bronzes (in the half marathon on Saturday).
