BIRMINGHAM - The Italian race walkers achieved extraordinary results at the European Championships in Birmingham, winning two golds, two silvers, and a bronze, five medals in just under two hours. Italy won both marathon races: Massimo Stano triumphed in the men's race with a European record of 2:56:49, and 21-year-old Sofia Fiorini dominated the women's race with a world record of 3:15:11 over the 42.195 km distance, introduced this year. This is a historic success for Stano: after winning the Olympic gold medal in the 20 km in Tokyo in 2021 and the world gold medal in the 35 km in Eugene in…