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Daniele Inzoli oro nel lungo U20, 4×100 mista azzurra iridata con record del mondo

Daniele Inzoli wins gold in the U20 long jump, and the Italian 4x100 medley champions a world record.

Exciting news for Italian track and field from Eugene. The 4x100 medley relay team, featuring Edwin Fermin Galvan, Elisa Valensin, Francesco Pagliarini, and Kelly Doualla, achieved an extraordinary feat, setting a world record of 41.21, making the gold medal even more prestigious. Twenty-two years after Andrew Howe's success in Grosseto 2004, Daniele Inzoli, who turns 18 on August 12, became the U20 world champion in the long jump with a mark of 7.97. The first competitor in the medley relay was Fermin Galvan, a native of Campodarsego, Padua, coached by Andrea Peggio, who won silver in the 100 last year at the EYOF. He passed…
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Margherita Castellani record italiano dei 200 e finale ai Mondiali U20

Margherita Castellani sets Italian 200m record and reaches U20 World Championships final

EUGENE (USA) – Another Italian sprinter reached the final at the U20 World Championships in Eugene. Margherita Castellani set a new Italian U20 record in the 200 meters with a time of 22.99 (+1.2), becoming the first Italian junior to dip under 23 seconds and shaving a tenth off Elisa Valensin's previous mark, who ran a season-best of 23.23 (+0.5) in the semifinals but was eliminated. Alessia Succo reached the final in the 100 meters hurdles with a time of 13.17 (+0.9), three hundredths of a second off her Italian U20 record. An Italian woman had not reached the final in 40 years: the last time was Antonella Bellutti in 1986.…
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Kelly Doualla riscrive la storia dello sprint con il bronzo nei 100 ai Mondiali U20

Kelly Doualla rewrites sprint history with bronze in the 100m at the U20 World Championships

Sixteen-year-old Kelly Doualla made history in the Italian women's sprint, winning the bronze medal in the 100m at the Under-20 World Championships in Eugene, competing against opponents two years her senior. This is the first-ever medal for an Italian athlete at a World Championships in the 100m. She finished third with a time of 11.27 (-0.1), behind American Mia Maxwell (11.14) and Jamaican Shanoya Douglas (11.17). At 16 years and 259 days old at Hayward Field, Kelly Doualla was the youngest of the nine athletes competing in the medal race. Her…
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Kelly Doualla medaglia d’oro e record sui 100 agli Europei under 18 a Rieti

Kelly Doualla wins gold medal and 100m record at the European Under-18 Championships in Rieti.

Kelly Doualla achieved a stunning triumph at the Under-18 European Championships in Rieti. The Italian dominated the 100 meters, clocking 11.14 (+0.6), improving her own European record in the category. This was seven hundredths of a second off the U18 continental record and the U20 Italian record set last season at the Eyof in Skopje. This is her second European title, following the U20 title a year ago in Tampere. The 16-year-old from Lombardy won by a staggering 32 hundredths of a second over Greece's Apostolia Antonatou, who took silver in 11.46, while the bronze went to Britain's Celine Obinna-Alo in 11.50. Kelly Doualla is the second Italian athlete ever to win the title, equaling…
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Valensin e Doualla stelle della velocità agli Assoluti U20

Valensin and Doualla are the speed stars at the U20 Italian Championships.

At the Italian Under-20 Championships in Caorle, two sprinters took center stage. Kelly Doualla (Cus Pro Patria Milano) won the 100 meters in 11.44 (-0.1), just twelve days after the U18 European Championships in Rieti (July 16-19). The 200 meters were also thrilling, with Elisa Valensin (Fiamme Oro) dominating the race in 23.44 against the wind (-1.5), ahead of Kelly Doualla (Cus Pro Patria Milano, 23.83), who competed at a distance she was still unfamiliar with. Margherita Castellani (Fiamme Oro, 24.21) finished third. Among the men, Daniele Orlando (Atl. Agropoli) confirmed his title in 10.50 despite…
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