06/03/2021 Antalya (TUR): SLOVAK PEDESTRIANS SUCCESSFUL IN ANTALYI, RAGAS AND DEVALD FULFILLED THE LIMIT FOR THE JUNIOR WC

07/03/2021 Grottaglie (ITA): Federico Tontodonati 1:20:12 and Eleonora Anna Giorgi 1.28.39 Italian champions in 20km walking

In Europe, the outdoor walking season began last weekend with the national championships of Turkey in Antalya and Italy in Grottaglie. 

Turkish Championship - Antalya 50km, 20km, 10 km, 5km:

Slovak young pedestrians did very well at the open Turkish walking championship in the resort of Antalya. Dubničanka Elizabeth Ragasová took 2nd place in the personal record in the junior race 48:55 min and met the limit (50:30) for this year's August (August 17-22) Junior World Championships. 8 year old trustee Jozefa Pavelka improved its current maximum of 49:51 minutes from last June's meeting in Banská Bystrica by 56 seconds. In Antalya, she was overtaken only by the Belarusian national team Jelizaveta Griškevičová (48:34). She rejoiced on the personal record of 50:15 min (so far 52:37 in Borský Mikuláš 2020), the limit reached at MSJ and third place on Saturday Karin Devaldová, trustee Henrietta Rusnáková in Slavia TU Košice. Her club colleague Stanislava Hakulinová she took 6th place at the Turkish championship in the personal maximum of 52:57, she withdrew almost three minutes from the previous one.

He finished in the men's 20 km race Daniel Kovac (ŠK ŠOG Nitra) in 15th place with a performance of 1:31:42 h. It was his first twenty. "It is a pity that he did not finish his efforts, because at the 15th kilometer he still stepped on the limit of 1:30:00 h at the summer European Under-23 European Championships in Bergen. Then he was caught by the crisis and slowed down significantly, " informed Kováč's coach Peter Mečiar. Salih Korkmaz won the men's 1 in Antalya in a Turkish record of 18:42:1, ahead of the Ukrainian pair Eduard Zabuženko (19:29:1) - Ivan Losev (20:46:XNUMX). 

ANTALYA (TUR) - COMPLETE RESULTS 

07032021715Grottagli 2021Mar07 1Italian Championship - Grottaglie 20km, 15km, 10km:

She became the champion of Italy in walking for 20km Anna Eleonora di GIORGI with an excellent performance of 1:28:39, also silver Valentina TRAPLETTI  1:29:58 got under 1:30, and bronze Maria Vittoria BECCCHETTI 1:30:05, narrowly attacked the border of the European extra class 1:30. He won the title in the men's twenties Federico TONTODONATI 1:20:12. which was the only one to attack the world class class 1:20:00. Silver on the second rung Matteo GIUPPONI 1.21: 46 lost to the winner of the abyss almost 1,5 minutes and the third in bronze FRENCH FORTUNATE 1:23:15 lost another 1,5 minutes to the second.

GROTTAGLIE (ITA) - COMPLETE RESULTS