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Kelly Doualla in finale dei 100 ai Mondiali U20, trent’anni dopo Manuela Levorato

06 Aug

Kelly Doualla in the 100m final at the U20 World Championships, thirty years after Manuela Levorato

Carlotta Suppini, Kelly Doualla, Manuela Levorato, Mariah Maxwell, Mia Maxwell, Shanoya Douglas, Theianna Terrelonge, Xenia Buri

After 30 years, an Italian athlete returns to the 100m final at the Under-20 World Athletics Championships: thanks to sixteen-year-old Kelly Doualla, who, after her heat, also won her semifinal in Eugene with a time of 11.36 (-0.2), her sixth fastest overall. The last finalist was Manuela Levorato, seventh in 1996; Giada Gallina had previously achieved the feat in 1992. The final took place at dawn in Italy on Friday, August 7, at 5:35 a.m. Kelly Doualla's status as one of the world's best under-20 sprinters was evident, and her times and consistent performances only confirmed this. She won the semifinal when all around...

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

Cus Pro Patria Milan, Kelly Doualla, Manuela Levorato, Walter Monti

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…

Alessia Pavese improves in the 100m, closely following Zaynab Dosso, while Desalu makes progress in the 200m.

Alessia Pavese, CS Air Force, Fausto Desalu, GS Blue Flames, GS Yellow Flames, Manuela Levorato, Zaynad Dosso

In Foligno, on Friday, July 10th, one of the fastest heats ever in the women's 100-meter dash took place. Zaynab Dosso (Fiamme Azzurre) clocked 11.18 (+0.2), beating Alessia Pavese (Aeronautica) by just one hundredth of a second. Pavese clocked a personal best of 11.19, becoming the third fastest Italian athlete of all time behind Dosso and former record holder Manuela Levorato. At the Tomassoni Meeting in the Umbrian town, the Bergamo native improved by fourteen hundredths of a second from her 11.33 time in Paris on June 28th. In the final, the two Italian athletes, key figures in the 4x100-meter relay, fared no better, especially…