(ANSA) – SAN GIORGIO SU LEGNANO, 05 JAN – Two Azzurri to light up the men’s test of Campaccio Cross Country, edition number 65, with the possibility of bringing Italy back to the podium seven years after the last time. For Eyob Faniel it is the return to competitions after the extraordinary third place in the New York marathon, for Iliass Aouani the competitive activity starts again after a season marked by four Italian titles, including the cross.
Tomorrow is the day of the classic in San Giorgio su Legnano, the first 2022 stage of the main world circuit of cross-country running. While the greatest blue ambitions for women are entrusted to Nadia Battocletti (Giovanna Selva renounced), for men (10 km) the participation of the Italian marathon and half-time record holder is confirmed, the policeman Eyob Ghebrehiwet Faniel, who has just returned from training at altitude in Asmara. Last year the blue finished fourth at Campaccio, and in this edition he can try to improve his placement: Italy has been missing from the podium since 2015, when Andrea Lalli (second) and Daniele Meucci (third) got there. For an Italian victory, instead, it is necessary to scroll through the roll of honor until 1993, the year of Francesco Panetta’s triumph.
The organizers made a remarkable effort to guarantee the show in compliance with anti-Covid protocols. The male cast, despite the announced forfeits of Muktar Edris, Oscar Chelimo and the brothers Yeman and Neka Crippa, still remains of quality, with several African presences of a good level, starting from the Eritrean Aron Kifle, bronze medalist at the World Cup Valencia marathon 2018 and fourth in the Aarhus 2019 cross world championship. Kenyan world champion under 20 of the 3000 hedges Amos Serem and another promising young man like the Ethiopian Addisu Yihune, eighteen years old from 12: 58.99 in the 5000 meters . In an Italian key, Yohanes Chiappinelli returns to the meadows. (HANDLE).
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